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CATERPILLAR INC

$892.70 +0.31%

(7/21 18:03) ◀

Wednesday, July 22, 2026 (3:05pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/22 3:05pm) 24,462

Calls: 5,354 (22%)

Puts: 19,108 (78%)

Prior (07/21) 23,585

Calls: 10,289 (44%)

Puts: 13,296 (56%)

Current vs Prior +3.72%

Calls: -47.96% (Calls)

Puts: +43.71% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 200,190

Calls: 87,228 (44%)

Puts: 112,962 (56%)

Prior 7-Day Average 28,598

Calls: 12,461 (44%)

Puts: 16,137 (56%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -14.46%

Calls: -57.03%

Puts: +18.41%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/22 3:05pm) $27.71M

Calls: $14.62M (53%)

Puts: $13.09M (47%)

Prior (07/21) $62.00M

Calls: $40.44M (65%)

Puts: $21.55M (35%)

Current vs Prior -55.30%

Calls: -63.85%

Puts: -39.26%

Prior 7-Day Total $458.94M

Calls: $238.90M (52%)

Puts: $220.04M (48%)

Prior 7-Day Average $65.56M

Calls: $34.13M (52%)

Puts: $31.43M (48%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -57.73%

Calls: -57.16%

Puts: -58.35%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/22 3:05pm) 3.57

Prior (07/21) 1.29

Current vs Prior +176.18%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.50

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +138.11%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/22 3:05pm) 257,064

Calls: 125,986 (49%)

Puts: 131,078 (51%)

Prior (07/21) 248,225

Calls: 121,588 (49%)

Puts: 126,637 (51%)

Current vs Prior +3.56%

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 -6.08%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 3.70% | 6.97%12.43% | 16.32%

Prior 5.28% | 8.21%13.28% | 17.10%

Current vs Prior -29.86% | -15.17%-6.40% | -4.53%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.09% | 6.42%4.81% | 14.11%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +19.82% | +8.51%+158.26% | +15.66%

Prior 7-Day Eod 5.28% | 8.21%12.92% | 16.87%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -29.86% | -15.17%-3.76% | -3.27%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 19.57% | 14.75%

Calls: 20.96% | 19.78%

Puts: 18.18% | 9.72%

Prior 16.16% | 15.32%

Calls: 16.39% | 15.57%

Puts: 15.93% | 15.07%

Current vs Prior +21.10% | -3.72%

Prior 7-Day Avg 28.28% | 11.89%

Calls: 25.43% | 11.16%

Puts: 31.13% | 12.61%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -30.80% | +24.08%

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Light premium activity with dollar volume down 55% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 3.57 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 176% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

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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 235 of results (avg 7.0%, best 2.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$820.00	Aug 14	94.20	96.50	$95.35	2.4%	15	0.75	--
$800.00	Aug 7	104.75	107.55	$106.15	2.6%	20	0.82	3
$860.00	Aug 28	77.45	79.65	$78.55	2.8%	1	0.63	2
$760.00	Jul 31	132.30	136.20	$134.25	2.9%	2	0.95	3
$905.00	Aug 21	49.05	50.85	$49.95	3.6%	7	0.50	26

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$925.00	Aug 21	68.60	71.10	$69.85	3.6%	--	0.56	10
$920.00	Aug 14	61.70	64.00	$62.85	3.7%	2	0.56	35
$1020.00	Aug 21	135.15	140.60	$137.88	4.0%	2	0.79	66
$860.00	Aug 14	33.15	34.55	$33.85	4.1%	8	0.36	8
$900.00	Aug 21	54.95	57.30	$56.13	4.2%	17	0.49	639

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. 209 found (avg delta 0.74, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$750.00	Jul 24	140.60	151.00	$145.80	7.1%	--	1.00	15
$775.00	Jul 24	115.75	126.00	$120.88	8.5%	--	0.99	11
$780.00	Jul 24	111.10	121.00	$116.05	8.5%	1	0.99	2
$800.00	Jul 24	92.00	98.00	$95.00	6.3%	--	0.98	11
$730.00	Jul 31	162.20	173.00	$167.60	6.4%	--	0.98	13

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$970.00	Jul 24	73.00	79.55	$76.28	8.6%	--	1.00	68
$975.00	Jul 24	78.00	84.45	$81.22	7.9%	3	1.00	29
$980.00	Jul 24	83.00	89.45	$86.23	7.5%	--	1.00	27
$990.00	Jul 24	92.00	99.60	$95.80	7.9%	--	1.00	38
$995.00	Jul 24	97.00	104.40	$100.70	7.3%	--	1.00	23

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 402 active (total vol 7.6K, top 599)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1030.00	Aug 7	6.10	7.60	$6.85	21.9%	323	0.13	19
$930.00	Jul 24	3.05	4.00	$3.53	26.9%	148	0.18	159
$1050.00	Jul 24	0.01	0.28	$0.15	180.0%	133	0.01	1.1K
$925.00	Jul 24	3.85	4.95	$4.40	25.0%	126	0.21	137
$950.00	Jul 24	1.10	1.45	$1.27	27.6%	109	0.08	633

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$875.00	Jul 24	6.25	8.55	$7.40	31.1%	599	0.30	405
$730.00	Aug 21	6.40	7.20	$6.80	11.8%	352	0.09	140
$720.00	Jul 24	0.01	0.19	$0.10	180.0%	277	0.00	76
$835.00	Jul 24	1.15	1.92	$1.54	50.0%	266	0.08	95
$730.00	Jul 24	0.01	0.09	$0.05	160.0%	249	0.00	61

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 126 strikes (avg 26.7%, max 112.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$1035.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	106.8%	51.1%	109.0%	--	38
$1070.00	Jul 24	Aug 14	100.7%	52.5%	91.9%	8	155
$1030.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	92.1%	51.2%	79.8%	1	46
$1065.00	Jul 24	Aug 14	93.0%	52.6%	76.8%	6	38
$1025.00	Jul 24	Aug 7	100.8%	57.1%	76.5%	1	249

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$745.00	Jul 24	Aug 7	130.6%	61.4%	112.6%	--	75
$720.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	111.5%	57.4%	94.0%	277	97
$725.00	Jul 24	Aug 7	115.8%	62.6%	84.9%	13	17
$735.00	Jul 24	Aug 14	110.4%	60.5%	82.5%	21	9
$740.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	98.1%	54.6%	79.6%	26	321

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 373 found (best R:R 49.00, avg 5.14)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$1000.00	$1005.00	Jul 31	$0.10	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$1000.10
$1010.00	$1015.00	Jul 31	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$1010.12
$1040.00	$1045.00	Jul 31	$0.18	$4.82	$0.18	26.78	$1040.18
$935.00	$937.50	Jul 24	$0.10	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$935.10
$1020.00	$1025.00	Jul 31	$0.23	$4.77	$0.23	20.74	$1020.23

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$747.50	$740.00	Jul 31	$0.16	$7.34	$0.16	45.88	$747.34
$830.00	$825.00	Jul 24	$0.11	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$829.89
$775.00	$770.00	Jul 31	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$774.88
$780.00	$775.00	Jul 31	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$779.87
$735.00	$730.00	Jul 24	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$734.85

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 493 found (best R:R 39.00, avg 2.02)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$800.00	$820.00	Jul 24	$19.50	$19.50	$0.50	39.00	$819.50
$865.00	$870.00	Jul 24	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$869.85
$775.00	$780.00	Jul 24	$4.83	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$779.83
$720.00	$730.00	Aug 21	$9.53	$9.53	$0.47	20.28	$729.53
$830.00	$840.00	Jul 24	$9.50	$9.50	$0.50	19.00	$839.50

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$1040.00	$1035.00	Jul 31	$4.87	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$1035.13
$1035.00	$1030.00	Jul 31	$4.80	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$1030.20
$990.00	$980.00	Jul 24	$9.57	$9.57	$0.43	22.26	$980.43
$975.00	$970.00	Jul 31	$4.77	$4.77	$0.23	20.74	$970.23
$1020.00	$1015.00	Jul 31	$4.75	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$1015.25

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 131 found (avg debit $7.57, cheapest $0.51)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$1070.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.51	100.7%	56.8%
$1060.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.54	83.6%	52.9%
$780.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.60	80.5%	58.7%
$1025.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.63	100.8%	52.7%
$1035.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.67	106.8%	56.0%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$725.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.69	115.8%	68.6%
$730.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.84	97.8%	66.8%
$715.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$1.06	103.4%	75.1%
$720.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$1.06	111.5%	74.0%
$740.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$1.16	98.1%	67.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 198 found (cheapest 3.35% of stock, avg 11.21%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$895.00	Jul 24	$14.55	$15.40	$29.95	$865.05	$924.95	3.35%
$905.00	Jul 24	$9.80	$20.40	$30.20	$874.80	$935.20	3.38%
$890.00	Jul 24	$17.65	$12.65	$30.30	$859.70	$920.30	3.39%
$900.00	Jul 24	$12.15	$18.27	$30.42	$869.58	$930.42	3.41%
$885.00	Jul 24	$20.23	$10.60	$30.83	$854.17	$915.83	3.45%
$910.00	Jul 24	$8.40	$23.75	$32.15	$877.85	$942.15	3.60%
$880.00	Jul 24	$23.38	$8.95	$32.33	$847.67	$912.33	3.62%
$915.00	Jul 24	$6.78	$26.73	$33.51	$881.49	$948.51	3.75%
$875.00	Jul 24	$27.15	$7.40	$34.55	$840.45	$909.55	3.87%
$870.00	Jul 24	$30.03	$6.03	$36.06	$833.94	$906.06	4.04%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 1.43% of stock, avg 7.91%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$915.00	$870.00	Jul 24	$6.78	$6.03	$12.81	$857.19	$927.81
$915.00	$875.00	Jul 24	$6.78	$7.40	$14.18	$860.82	$929.18
$910.00	$870.00	Jul 24	$8.40	$6.03	$14.43	$855.57	$924.43
$915.00	$880.00	Jul 24	$6.78	$8.95	$15.73	$864.27	$930.73
$905.00	$870.00	Jul 24	$9.80	$6.03	$15.83	$854.17	$920.83
$910.00	$875.00	Jul 24	$8.40	$7.40	$15.80	$859.20	$925.80
$905.00	$875.00	Jul 24	$9.80	$7.40	$17.20	$857.80	$922.20
$910.00	$880.00	Jul 24	$8.40	$8.95	$17.35	$862.65	$927.35
$915.00	$885.00	Jul 24	$6.78	$10.60	$17.38	$867.62	$932.38
$900.00	$870.00	Jul 24	$12.15	$6.03	$18.18	$851.82	$918.18

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 399 found (best R:R 70.43, avg credit $7.98)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
730/740	800/810	Aug 21	$9.86	$0.14	70.43	$730.14	$809.86
730/735	800/820	Jul 24	$19.65	$0.35	56.14	$715.35	$819.65
835/840	855/860	Jul 24	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$835.11	$859.89
810/815	855/860	Jul 24	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$810.12	$859.88
790/795	815/820	Jul 31	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$790.12	$819.88
810/815	830/840	Jul 24	$9.75	$0.25	39.00	$805.25	$839.75
820/825	830/840	Jul 24	$9.71	$0.29	33.48	$815.29	$839.71
740/748	785/790	Jul 31	$7.28	$0.22	33.09	$740.22	$792.28
820/825	855/860	Jul 24	$4.84	$0.16	30.25	$820.16	$859.84
800/805	830/840	Jul 24	$9.67	$0.33	29.30	$795.33	$839.67

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 228 found (best R:R 99.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$895.00	$900.00	$905.00	Jul 24	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$980.00	$985.00	$990.00	Aug 7	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$975.00	$980.00	$985.00	Jul 31	$0.08	$4.92	61.50
$895.00	$900.00	$905.00	Aug 14	$0.10	$4.90	49.00
$1000.00	$1020.00	$1040.00	Aug 21	$0.42	$19.58	46.62

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$955.00	$960.00	$965.00	Jul 31	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$1010.00	$1015.00	$1020.00	Aug 7	$0.06	$4.94	82.33
$785.00	$790.00	$795.00	Jul 24	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$970.00	$975.00	$980.00	Jul 24	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$940.00	$945.00	$950.00	Jul 31	$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. 151 found (best net $-26.70, 143 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$740.00	$820.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$26.70	$53.30
$1010.00	$1050.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.40	$39.60
$1000.00	$1030.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$9.91	$20.09
$790.00	$850.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$43.60	$16.40
$1040.00	$1060.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$6.10	$13.90

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$1040.00	$965.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$32.19	$42.81
$747.50	$740.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$1.10	$6.40
$730.00	$720.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$4.76	$5.24
$725.00	$720.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.02	$4.98
$755.00	$750.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.03	$4.97

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 150 found (best yield 6.04%, avg 2.01%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$895.00	Aug 21	$53.90	0.53	0.3%	6.04%	6.30%	1	9
$900.00	Aug 21	$51.35	0.52	0.8%	5.75%	6.57%	21	852
$910.00	Aug 28	$51.05	0.49	1.9%	5.72%	7.66%	--	20
$905.00	Aug 21	$49.05	0.50	1.4%	5.49%	6.87%	7	26
$895.00	Aug 14	$48.55	0.53	0.3%	5.44%	5.70%	12	1
$915.00	Aug 28	$48.05	0.48	2.5%	5.38%	7.88%	--	16
$910.00	Aug 21	$46.85	0.49	1.9%	5.25%	7.19%	7	61
$900.00	Aug 14	$46.05	0.51	0.8%	5.16%	5.98%	44	25
$915.00	Aug 21	$44.40	0.47	2.5%	4.97%	7.47%	1	4
$905.00	Aug 14	$43.75	0.49	1.4%	4.90%	6.28%	2	6

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 5,354

Total Puts 19,108

Put/Call Ratio 3.57

Net Difference -13,754

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 10,289

Total Puts 13,296

Put/Call Ratio 1.29

Net Difference -3,007

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 87,228

Total Puts 112,962

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.50

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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