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CATERPILLAR INC

$894.83 +0.62%

(7/22 18:12) ◀

Thursday, July 23, 2026 (3:40pm)

▶ (7/23 18:03)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/23 3:40pm) 24,397

Calls: 5,917 (24%)

Puts: 18,480 (76%)

Prior (07/22) 24,462

Calls: 5,354 (22%)

Puts: 19,108 (78%)

Current vs Prior -0.27%

Calls: +10.52% (Calls)

Puts: -3.29% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 182,712

Calls: 71,684 (39%)

Puts: 111,028 (61%)

Prior 7-Day Average 26,101

Calls: 10,240 (39%)

Puts: 15,861 (61%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -6.53%

Calls: -42.22%

Puts: +16.51%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/23 3:40pm) $38.41M

Calls: $19.02M (50%)

Puts: $19.39M (50%)

Prior (07/22) $27.71M

Calls: $14.62M (53%)

Puts: $13.09M (47%)

Current vs Prior +38.59%

Calls: +30.08%

Puts: +48.10%

Prior 7-Day Total $441.72M

Calls: $229.11M (52%)

Puts: $212.62M (48%)

Prior 7-Day Average $63.10M

Calls: $32.73M (52%)

Puts: $30.37M (48%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -39.14%

Calls: -41.90%

Puts: -36.17%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/23 3:40pm) 3.12

Prior (07/22) 3.57

Current vs Prior -12.49%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.60

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +95.30%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/23 3:40pm) 267,239

Calls: 128,349 (48%)

Puts: 138,890 (52%)

Prior (07/22) 257,064

Calls: 125,986 (49%)

Puts: 131,078 (51%)

Current vs Prior +3.96%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,878,322

Calls: 893,029 (48%)

Puts: 985,293 (52%)

Prior 7-Day Average 268,331

Calls: 127,575 (48%)

Puts: 140,756 (52%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -0.41%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

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

Current 2.60% | 6.54%12.34% | 16.30%

Prior 4.68% | 7.68%12.96% | 16.65%

Current vs Prior -44.40% | -14.86%-4.80% | -2.09%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.65% | 6.82%5.97% | 14.53%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -28.57% | -4.13%+106.61% | +12.17%

Prior 7-Day Eod 4.68% | 7.69%12.42% | 16.54%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -44.40% | -14.86%-0.69% | -1.43%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 36.87% | 12.47%

Calls: 37.06% | 17.83%

Puts: 36.67% | 7.11%

Prior 16.97% | 11.52%

Calls: 16.67% | 11.18%

Puts: 17.27% | 11.85%

Current vs Prior +117.27% | +8.25%

Prior 7-Day Avg 23.79% | 11.49%

Calls: 22.64% | 10.93%

Puts: 24.95% | 12.05%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +54.95% | +8.49%

Liquidity Expensive

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Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 3.12 - heavy put buying.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

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Expected Move

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
15:40	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
15:05	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 239 of results (avg 7.5%, best 3.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$740.00	Aug 21	163.15	170.10	$166.63	4.2%	--	0.90	501
$730.00	Aug 21	172.15	180.05	$176.10	4.5%	--	0.91	287
$720.00	Aug 21	181.20	189.55	$185.38	4.5%	--	0.92	60
$860.00	Aug 21	72.75	76.55	$74.65	5.1%	1	0.64	155
$960.00	Aug 21	28.10	29.60	$28.85	5.2%	23	0.35	254

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$860.00	Aug 21	36.25	37.45	$36.85	3.3%	10	0.36	480
$875.00	Aug 21	42.50	43.95	$43.23	3.4%	10	0.41	8
$870.00	Aug 21	40.05	41.65	$40.85	3.9%	4	0.39	161
$840.00	Aug 21	28.85	30.15	$29.50	4.4%	63	0.31	637
$1025.00	Aug 7	131.45	137.65	$134.55	4.6%	2	0.86	12

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.11, cheapest $0.11)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$810.00	Jul 24	0.10	0.12	$0.11	18.2%	34	0.01	159

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 237 found (avg delta 0.75, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$750.00	Jul 24	142.85	153.00	$147.93	6.9%	--	1.00	15
$775.00	Jul 24	118.15	128.00	$123.08	8.0%	1	1.00	11
$730.00	Jul 24	162.65	173.00	$167.83	6.2%	2	1.00	--
$810.00	Jul 24	83.05	90.00	$86.53	8.0%	2	0.99	3
$800.00	Jul 24	93.30	100.00	$96.65	6.9%	--	0.99	11

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$940.00	Jul 24	41.00	47.50	$44.25	14.7%	6	1.00	51
$945.00	Jul 24	45.00	52.25	$48.63	14.9%	1	1.00	23
$947.50	Jul 24	48.00	55.00	$51.50	13.6%	--	1.00	10
$950.00	Jul 24	50.00	57.20	$53.60	13.4%	18	1.00	212
$955.00	Jul 24	55.00	63.00	$59.00	13.6%	4	1.00	21

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 452 active (total vol 10.0K, top 557)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$950.00	Jul 31	8.35	10.60	$9.48	23.7%	557	0.24	94
$930.00	Jul 24	0.91	1.77	$1.34	64.2%	249	0.11	216
$950.00	Jul 24	0.20	0.46	$0.33	78.8%	217	0.03	701
$945.00	Jul 24	0.30	0.62	$0.46	69.6%	204	0.04	139
$900.00	Jul 24	6.95	9.95	$8.45	35.5%	166	0.45	709

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$845.00	Jul 24	0.27	0.70	$0.49	87.8%	427	0.04	655
$815.00	Jul 24	0.05	0.28	$0.17	135.3%	408	0.01	831
$900.00	Jul 24	9.85	14.00	$11.93	34.8%	319	0.56	453
$885.00	Jul 24	4.40	6.55	$5.48	39.2%	318	0.32	44
$860.00	Jul 24	0.78	1.37	$1.08	54.6%	278	0.09	571

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 53.8%, max 278.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$1070.00	Jul 24	Aug 14	202.3%	53.4%	278.5%	--	154
$1065.00	Jul 24	Aug 14	169.8%	53.8%	215.5%	--	40
$1045.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	154.4%	52.2%	195.8%	8	64
$730.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	155.7%	57.6%	170.2%	2	287
$1035.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	126.1%	52.0%	142.7%	15	38

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$1045.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	154.4%	52.2%	195.8%	15	15
$730.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	155.7%	55.0%	182.8%	23	266
$725.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	155.1%	55.6%	178.8%	2	29
$740.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	150.4%	54.8%	174.3%	--	330
$720.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	150.1%	56.2%	167.3%	158	120

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 402 found (best R:R 49.00, avg 4.70)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$1040.00	$1045.00	Jul 31	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$1040.15
$1025.00	$1030.00	Jul 24	$0.16	$4.84	$0.16	30.25	$1025.16
$1000.00	$1005.00	Jul 31	$0.17	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$1000.17
$1025.00	$1030.00	Jul 31	$0.18	$4.82	$0.18	26.78	$1025.18
$937.50	$940.00	Jul 24	$0.10	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$937.60

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$855.00	$850.00	Jul 24	$0.10	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$854.90
$825.00	$820.00	Jul 24	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$824.88
$835.00	$830.00	Jul 24	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$834.85
$735.00	$730.00	Jul 24	$0.16	$4.84	$0.16	30.25	$734.84
$760.00	$755.00	Jul 31	$0.17	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$759.83

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 522 found (best R:R 165.67, avg 2.67)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$750.00	$775.00	Jul 24	$24.85	$24.85	$0.15	165.67	$774.85
$780.00	$790.00	Jul 31	$9.73	$9.73	$0.27	36.04	$789.73
$855.00	$860.00	Aug 21	$4.82	$4.82	$0.18	26.78	$859.82
$730.00	$750.00	Jul 31	$19.20	$19.20	$0.80	24.00	$749.20
$730.00	$740.00	Aug 21	$9.47	$9.47	$0.53	17.87	$739.47

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$1045.00	$1030.00	Jul 24	$14.82	$14.82	$0.18	82.33	$1030.18
$990.00	$980.00	Jul 24	$9.83	$9.83	$0.17	57.82	$980.17
$1060.00	$1030.00	Aug 7	$29.28	$29.28	$0.72	40.67	$1030.72
$1020.00	$1015.00	Jul 31	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$1015.15
$1050.00	$1045.00	Jul 31	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$1045.15

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 130 found (avg debit $8.29, cheapest $0.46)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$1055.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.50	117.7%	53.8%
$1050.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.53	111.4%	52.5%
$1060.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.55	109.0%	54.9%
$1040.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.80	91.9%	52.5%
$1035.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.84	126.1%	54.7%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$725.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.46	155.1%	69.0%
$735.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.49	166.7%	68.6%
$750.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.73	130.3%	63.0%
$755.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.90	127.4%	63.2%
$760.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.99	132.2%	62.9%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 223 found (cheapest 2.20% of stock, avg 11.23%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$895.00	Jul 24	$10.70	$9.00	$19.70	$875.30	$914.70	2.20%
$900.00	Jul 24	$8.45	$11.93	$20.38	$879.62	$920.38	2.28%
$905.00	Jul 24	$6.55	$14.43	$20.98	$884.02	$925.98	2.34%
$890.00	Jul 24	$14.30	$7.40	$21.70	$868.30	$911.70	2.43%
$885.00	Jul 24	$17.30	$5.48	$22.78	$862.22	$907.78	2.55%
$910.00	Jul 24	$4.58	$18.90	$23.48	$886.52	$933.48	2.62%
$915.00	Jul 24	$3.29	$21.60	$24.89	$890.11	$939.89	2.78%
$880.00	Jul 24	$20.80	$4.18	$24.98	$855.02	$904.98	2.79%
$875.00	Jul 24	$24.60	$3.01	$27.61	$847.39	$902.61	3.09%
$920.00	Jul 24	$2.51	$25.63	$28.14	$891.86	$948.14	3.14%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.62% of stock, avg 8.33%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$920.00	$875.00	Jul 24	$2.51	$3.01	$5.52	$869.48	$925.52
$915.00	$875.00	Jul 24	$3.29	$3.01	$6.30	$868.70	$921.30
$920.00	$880.00	Jul 24	$2.51	$4.18	$6.69	$873.31	$926.69
$915.00	$880.00	Jul 24	$3.29	$4.18	$7.47	$872.53	$922.47
$910.00	$875.00	Jul 24	$4.58	$3.01	$7.59	$867.41	$917.59
$920.00	$885.00	Jul 24	$2.51	$5.48	$7.99	$877.01	$927.99
$910.00	$880.00	Jul 24	$4.58	$4.18	$8.76	$871.24	$918.76
$915.00	$885.00	Jul 24	$3.29	$5.48	$8.77	$876.23	$923.77
$905.00	$875.00	Jul 24	$6.55	$3.01	$9.56	$865.44	$914.56
$920.00	$890.00	Jul 24	$2.51	$7.40	$9.91	$880.09	$929.91

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 377 found (best R:R 57.82, avg credit $8.90)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
760/770	780/790	Aug 21	$9.83	$0.17	57.82	$760.17	$789.83
725/730	820/825	Jul 31	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$725.10	$824.90
735/740	750/765	Aug 7	$14.68	$0.32	45.87	$725.32	$764.68
735/740	805/810	Jul 31	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$735.11	$809.89
765/770	795/800	Jul 31	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$765.11	$799.89
770/775	810/820	Jul 31	$9.78	$0.22	44.45	$765.22	$819.78
720/730	750/765	Aug 7	$14.66	$0.34	43.12	$715.34	$764.66
735/740	810/820	Jul 31	$9.76	$0.24	40.67	$730.24	$819.76
845/850	900/905	Sep 4	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$845.12	$904.88
790/795	800/805	Jul 31	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$790.13	$804.87

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 237 found (best R:R 141.86, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$995.00	$1000.00	$1005.00	Aug 7	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$1030.00	$1035.00	$1040.00	Aug 7	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$1050.00	$1055.00	$1060.00	Aug 7	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$1045.00	$1050.00	$1055.00	Jul 31	$0.06	$4.94	82.33
$740.00	$760.00	$780.00	Aug 21	$0.25	$19.75	79.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$730.00	$740.00	$750.00	Aug 21	$0.07	$9.93	141.86
$805.00	$810.00	$815.00	Aug 14	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$820.00	$825.00	$830.00	Aug 28	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$760.00	$765.00	$770.00	Jul 24	$0.06	$4.94	82.33
$785.00	$790.00	$795.00	Aug 7	$0.06	$4.94	82.33

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 158 found (best net $-3.38, 150 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$1020.00	$1050.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$3.38	$26.62
$820.00	$870.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$31.27	$18.73
$1040.00	$1060.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$6.28	$13.72
$1020.00	$1040.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$8.36	$11.64
$1000.00	$1020.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$10.61	$9.39

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$750.00	$740.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$1.84	$8.16
$730.00	$720.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$1.91	$8.09
$730.00	$720.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$2.38	$7.62
$1020.00	$965.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$47.85	$7.15
$750.00	$740.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$4.02	$5.98

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 159 found (best yield 6.75%, avg 2.30%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$900.00	Sep 4	$60.40	0.53	0.6%	6.75%	7.33%	4	--
$905.00	Sep 4	$58.85	0.52	1.1%	6.58%	7.71%	1	--
$900.00	Aug 28	$56.80	0.53	0.6%	6.35%	6.93%	5	6
$895.00	Aug 21	$54.30	0.53	0.0%	6.07%	6.09%	1	9
$905.00	Aug 28	$54.05	0.51	1.1%	6.04%	7.18%	3	4
$900.00	Aug 21	$51.55	0.52	0.6%	5.76%	6.34%	65	858
$910.00	Aug 28	$51.00	0.50	1.7%	5.70%	7.39%	1	20
$915.00	Aug 28	$49.65	0.49	2.2%	5.55%	7.80%	--	16
$905.00	Aug 21	$49.30	0.51	1.1%	5.51%	6.65%	18	29
$895.00	Aug 14	$48.90	0.54	0.0%	5.46%	5.48%	10	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 5,917

Total Puts 18,480

Put/Call Ratio 3.12

Net Difference -12,563

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 5,354

Total Puts 19,108

Put/Call Ratio 3.57

Net Difference -13,754

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 71,684

Total Puts 111,028

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.60

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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