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CATERPILLAR INC

$887.83 +2.72%

(7/20 18:01) ◀

Tuesday, July 21, 2026 (3:05pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/21 3:05pm) 23,585

Calls: 10,289 (44%)

Puts: 13,296 (56%)

Prior (07/20) 24,643

Calls: 8,938 (36%)

Puts: 15,705 (64%)

Current vs Prior -4.29%

Calls: +15.12% (Calls)

Puts: -15.34% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 200,875

Calls: 90,578 (45%)

Puts: 110,297 (55%)

Prior 7-Day Average 28,696

Calls: 12,939 (45%)

Puts: 15,756 (55%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -17.81%

Calls: -20.49%

Puts: -15.62%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/21 3:05pm) $62.00M

Calls: $40.44M (65%)

Puts: $21.55M (35%)

Prior (07/20) $52.58M

Calls: $18.57M (35%)

Puts: $34.00M (65%)

Current vs Prior +17.92%

Calls: +117.75%

Puts: -36.61%

Prior 7-Day Total $460.27M

Calls: $259.80M (56%)

Puts: $200.47M (44%)

Prior 7-Day Average $65.75M

Calls: $37.11M (56%)

Puts: $28.64M (44%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -5.71%

Calls: +8.97%

Puts: -24.74%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/21 3:05pm) 1.29

Prior (07/20) 1.76

Current vs Prior -26.46%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.40

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -7.65%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/21 3:05pm) 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 1,950,861

Calls: 913,208 (47%)

Puts: 1,037,653 (53%)

Prior 7-Day Average 278,694

Calls: 130,458 (47%)

Puts: 148,236 (53%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -10.93%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 4.68% | 7.68%12.96% | 16.65%

Prior 0.90% | 6.14%0.90% | 13.89%

Current vs Prior +422.03% | +25.18%+1344.62% | +19.91%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.79% | 6.18%3.85% | 13.75%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +67.94% | +24.32%+236.58% | +21.09%

Prior 7-Day Eod 0.90% | 6.14%13.28% | 17.04%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +422.03% | +25.18%-2.39% | -2.27%

Sentiment BEARISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 16.97% | 11.52%

Calls: 16.67% | 11.18%

Puts: 17.27% | 11.85%

Prior 71.65% | 14.33%

Calls: 65.17% | 15.50%

Puts: 78.13% | 13.16%

Current vs Prior -76.32% | -19.61%

Prior 7-Day Avg 29.38% | 11.24%

Calls: 27.38% | 9.90%

Puts: 31.37% | 12.57%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -42.23% | +2.53%

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Moderately bullish flow with 65% call dollar volume ($40.44M). Bearish P/C ratio of 1.29 indicates protective positioning. P/C ratio dropping 26% - sentiment shifting bullish.

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Overall BEARISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 223 of results (avg 7.6%, best 4.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$720.00	Aug 21	176.20	184.35	$180.27	4.5%	2	0.90	60
$860.00	Aug 21	71.00	74.45	$72.72	4.7%	--	0.61	155
$885.00	Aug 21	57.75	60.60	$59.18	4.8%	49	0.54	37
$740.00	Aug 21	158.70	166.75	$162.73	4.9%	--	0.87	501
$825.00	Aug 7	83.55	87.85	$85.70	5.0%	2	0.74	2

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1000.00	Aug 21	123.45	128.55	$126.00	4.0%	6	0.75	108
$965.00	Aug 7	91.10	94.90	$93.00	4.1%	3	0.72	36
$900.00	Aug 21	59.15	61.70	$60.43	4.2%	14	0.50	639
$870.00	Aug 21	44.55	46.50	$45.53	4.3%	63	0.42	156
$880.00	Aug 21	49.10	51.25	$50.18	4.3%	138	0.45	972

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.29, cheapest $0.29)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1000.00	Jul 24	0.27	0.30	$0.29	10.3%	50	0.02	707

PUTS (0)

No puts meet the criteria

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 205 found (avg delta 0.73, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$750.00	Jul 24	134.35	146.30	$140.32	8.5%	--	0.99	15
$775.00	Jul 24	111.45	121.60	$116.53	8.7%	--	0.98	11
$780.00	Jul 24	105.25	115.65	$110.45	9.4%	1	0.98	3
$730.00	Jul 31	157.85	167.00	$162.43	5.6%	--	0.97	13
$795.00	Jul 24	92.25	99.00	$95.63	7.1%	1	0.96	1

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$985.00	Jul 24	92.00	100.20	$96.10	8.5%	1	1.00	10
$990.00	Jul 24	97.00	105.20	$101.10	8.1%	1	1.00	38
$995.00	Jul 24	101.00	112.45	$106.73	10.7%	2	1.00	25
$1000.00	Jul 24	104.55	116.50	$110.53	10.8%	--	1.00	10
$1005.00	Jul 24	109.55	119.30	$114.43	8.5%	--	1.00	37

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 438 active (total vol 10.1K, top 936)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1050.00	Jul 24	0.01	0.19	$0.10	180.0%	936	0.01	1.0K
$900.00	Jul 24	12.75	15.20	$13.98	17.5%	681	0.42	191
$905.00	Jul 24	10.90	13.15	$12.03	18.7%	538	0.38	144
$950.00	Jul 24	1.95	2.85	$2.40	37.5%	202	0.11	599
$970.00	Jul 24	0.70	1.41	$1.06	67.0%	133	0.05	159

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$875.00	Jul 24	12.45	14.10	$13.27	12.4%	213	0.38	178
$880.00	Aug 14	44.95	47.75	$46.35	6.0%	178	0.44	21
$880.00	Aug 21	49.10	51.25	$50.18	4.3%	138	0.45	972
$840.00	Jul 24	4.05	4.90	$4.47	19.0%	116	0.16	132
$870.00	Aug 7	35.75	37.80	$36.78	5.6%	115	0.41	21

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 121 strikes (avg 20.0%, max 91.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$1035.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	86.9%	51.8%	67.9%	--	38
$1040.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	88.1%	52.9%	66.5%	2	47
$1025.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	85.5%	53.0%	61.5%	3	231
$1065.00	Jul 24	Aug 14	86.2%	54.2%	59.2%	6	34
$1045.00	Jul 24	Aug 14	85.1%	54.0%	57.7%	1	23

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$745.00	Jul 24	Aug 14	115.2%	60.3%	91.1%	17	37
$740.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	104.4%	55.0%	89.7%	4	319
$730.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	93.7%	54.7%	71.1%	30	74
$720.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	92.3%	55.1%	67.5%	111	78
$725.00	Jul 24	Aug 14	93.3%	61.0%	52.9%	8	20

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 397 found (best R:R 40.67, avg 4.77)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$1060.00	$1065.00	Jul 31	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$1060.12
$1030.00	$1035.00	Jul 31	$0.14	$4.86	$0.14	34.71	$1030.14
$990.00	$995.00	Jul 24	$0.18	$4.82	$0.18	26.78	$990.18
$1055.00	$1060.00	Jul 24	$0.19	$4.81	$0.19	25.32	$1055.19
$950.00	$952.50	Jul 24	$0.10	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$950.10

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$785.00	$780.00	Jul 24	$0.14	$4.86	$0.14	34.71	$784.86
$755.00	$750.00	Jul 24	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$754.85
$795.00	$790.00	Jul 24	$0.17	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$794.83
$775.00	$770.00	Jul 24	$0.19	$4.81	$0.19	25.32	$774.81
$810.00	$805.00	Jul 24	$0.19	$4.81	$0.19	25.32	$809.81

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 506 found (best R:R 99.00, avg 1.96)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$730.00	$760.00	Jul 31	$29.70	$29.70	$0.30	99.00	$759.70
$780.00	$795.00	Jul 24	$14.82	$14.82	$0.18	82.33	$794.82
$800.00	$820.00	Jul 24	$19.18	$19.18	$0.82	23.39	$819.18
$790.00	$795.00	Jul 31	$4.77	$4.77	$0.23	20.74	$794.77
$750.00	$775.00	Jul 24	$23.79	$23.79	$1.21	19.66	$773.79

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$1010.00	$1005.00	Jul 31	$4.82	$4.82	$0.18	26.78	$1005.18
$942.50	$940.00	Jul 31	$2.35	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$940.15
$1045.00	$1040.00	Jul 31	$4.65	$4.65	$0.35	13.29	$1040.35
$1060.00	$1015.00	Aug 7	$41.46	$41.46	$3.54	11.71	$1018.54
$977.50	$975.00	Jul 24	$2.30	$2.30	$0.20	11.50	$975.20

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 125 found (avg debit $7.21, cheapest $0.32)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$1065.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.32	86.2%	52.7%
$1040.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.36	88.1%	51.9%
$1055.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.41	84.3%	52.1%
$1060.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.57	77.9%	53.0%
$1035.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.61	86.9%	53.0%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$740.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.79	104.4%	65.0%
$720.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.95	92.3%	68.0%
$1010.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$1.02	63.9%	52.7%
$730.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$1.07	93.7%	66.5%
$725.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$1.34	93.3%	70.3%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 197 found (cheapest 4.27% of stock, avg 11.52%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$895.00	Jul 24	$16.52	$21.38	$37.90	$857.10	$932.90	4.27%
$900.00	Jul 24	$13.98	$24.65	$38.63	$861.37	$938.63	4.35%
$885.00	Jul 24	$21.60	$17.30	$38.90	$846.10	$923.90	4.38%
$890.00	Jul 24	$19.00	$19.98	$38.98	$851.02	$928.98	4.39%
$880.00	Jul 24	$24.45	$14.90	$39.35	$840.65	$919.35	4.43%
$905.00	Jul 24	$12.03	$28.08	$40.11	$864.89	$945.11	4.52%
$910.00	Jul 24	$10.43	$30.23	$40.66	$869.34	$950.66	4.58%
$875.00	Jul 24	$27.53	$13.27	$40.80	$834.20	$915.80	4.60%
$870.00	Jul 24	$31.00	$11.40	$42.40	$827.60	$912.40	4.78%
$915.00	Jul 24	$8.88	$33.53	$42.41	$872.59	$957.41	4.78%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 2.28% of stock, avg 8.60%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$915.00	$870.00	Jul 24	$8.88	$11.40	$20.28	$849.72	$935.28
$910.00	$870.00	Jul 24	$10.43	$11.40	$21.83	$848.17	$931.83
$915.00	$875.00	Jul 24	$8.88	$13.27	$22.15	$852.85	$937.15
$905.00	$870.00	Jul 24	$12.03	$11.40	$23.43	$846.57	$928.43
$910.00	$875.00	Jul 24	$10.43	$13.27	$23.70	$851.30	$933.70
$915.00	$880.00	Jul 24	$8.88	$14.90	$23.78	$856.22	$938.78
$905.00	$875.00	Jul 24	$12.03	$13.27	$25.30	$849.70	$930.30
$910.00	$880.00	Jul 24	$10.43	$14.90	$25.33	$854.67	$935.33
$900.00	$870.00	Jul 24	$13.98	$11.40	$25.38	$844.62	$925.38
$915.00	$885.00	Jul 24	$8.88	$17.30	$26.18	$858.82	$941.18

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 437 found (best R:R 186.50, avg credit $8.86)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
720/722	730/760	Jul 31	$29.84	$0.16	186.50	$692.66	$759.84
730/740	800/820	Jul 24	$19.74	$0.26	75.92	$720.26	$819.74
740/745	750/775	Jul 24	$24.63	$0.37	66.57	$720.37	$774.63
720/730	760/770	Aug 21	$9.80	$0.20	49.00	$720.20	$769.80
740/745	795/800	Jul 24	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$740.11	$799.89
740/745	840/845	Jul 24	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$740.11	$844.89
745/750	800/805	Jul 31	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$745.11	$804.89
790/795	820/825	Jul 31	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$790.12	$824.88
760/785	800/825	Aug 28	$24.37	$0.63	38.68	$760.63	$824.37
730/740	750/775	Jul 24	$24.35	$0.65	37.46	$715.65	$774.35

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 220 found (best R:R 249.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$905.00	$910.00	$915.00	Jul 24	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$850.00	$855.00	$860.00	Jul 24	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$920.00	$925.00	$930.00	Jul 24	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$885.00	$890.00	$895.00	Jul 31	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$1000.00	$1005.00	$1010.00	Aug 14	$0.07	$4.93	70.43

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$930.00	$950.00	$970.00	Aug 28	$0.08	$19.92	249.00
$890.00	$895.00	$900.00	Aug 14	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$1020.00	$1040.00	$1060.00	Aug 21	$0.21	$19.79	94.24
$890.00	$895.00	$900.00	Jul 31	$0.06	$4.94	82.33
$805.00	$810.00	$815.00	Jul 24	$0.07	$4.93	70.43

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 117 found (best net $-24.12, 112 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$750.00	$825.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$24.12	$50.88
$1025.00	$1045.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$5.44	$14.56
$1040.00	$1060.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$7.47	$12.53
$1020.00	$1040.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$8.48	$11.52
$1000.00	$1020.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$10.88	$9.12

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$785.00	$760.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$9.70	$15.30
$775.00	$760.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$5.19	$9.81
$780.00	$765.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$7.83	$7.17
$730.00	$720.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$2.87	$7.13
$725.00	$720.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.09	$4.91

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 162 found (best yield 6.53%, avg 2.06%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$890.00	Aug 28	$58.00	0.53	0.2%	6.53%	6.78%	2	2
$890.00	Aug 21	$53.85	0.53	0.2%	6.07%	6.31%	14	350
$905.00	Aug 28	$52.85	0.49	1.9%	5.95%	7.89%	1	4
$895.00	Aug 21	$52.70	0.51	0.8%	5.94%	6.74%	4	6
$910.00	Aug 28	$50.70	0.48	2.5%	5.71%	8.21%	--	20
$890.00	Aug 14	$50.40	0.53	0.2%	5.68%	5.92%	2	18
$900.00	Aug 21	$50.40	0.50	1.4%	5.68%	7.05%	77	789
$905.00	Aug 21	$48.15	0.49	1.9%	5.42%	7.36%	29	3
$915.00	Aug 28	$46.60	0.47	3.1%	5.25%	8.31%	9	16
$910.00	Aug 21	$46.10	0.47	2.5%	5.19%	7.69%	--	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 10,289

Total Puts 13,296

Put/Call Ratio 1.29

Net Difference -3,007

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 8,938

Total Puts 15,705

Put/Call Ratio 1.76

Net Difference -6,767

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 90,578

Total Puts 110,297

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.40

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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