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CATERPILLAR INC

$861.82 -3.03%

(7/24 01:41) ◀

Monday, July 27, 2026 (3:05pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/27 3:05pm) 27,900

Calls: 11,711 (42%)

Puts: 16,189 (58%)

Prior (07/22) 24,462

Calls: 5,354 (22%)

Puts: 19,108 (78%)

Current vs Prior +14.05%

Calls: +118.73% (Calls)

Puts: -15.28% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 188,004

Calls: 70,288 (37%)

Puts: 117,716 (63%)

Prior 7-Day Average 26,857

Calls: 10,041 (37%)

Puts: 16,816 (63%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +3.88%

Calls: +16.63%

Puts: -3.73%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/27 3:05pm) $68.24M

Calls: $26.17M (38%)

Puts: $42.07M (62%)

Prior (07/22) $27.71M

Calls: $14.62M (53%)

Puts: $13.09M (47%)

Current vs Prior +146.24%

Calls: +79.01%

Puts: +221.33%

Prior 7-Day Total $426.26M

Calls: $222.66M (52%)

Puts: $203.59M (48%)

Prior 7-Day Average $60.89M

Calls: $31.81M (52%)

Puts: $29.08M (48%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +12.06%

Calls: -17.72%

Puts: +44.63%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/27 3:05pm) 1.38

Prior (07/22) 3.57

Current vs Prior -61.27%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.85

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -25.12%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/27 3:05pm) 244,332

Calls: 118,945 (49%)

Puts: 125,387 (51%)

Prior (07/22) 257,064

Calls: 125,986 (49%)

Puts: 131,078 (51%)

Current vs Prior -4.95%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,870,504

Calls: 893,227 (48%)

Puts: 977,277 (52%)

Prior 7-Day Average 267,214

Calls: 127,603 (48%)

Puts: 139,611 (52%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -8.56%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

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

Current 5.82% | 10.00%12.05% | 15.98%

Prior 3.70% | 6.97%12.43% | 16.32%

Current vs Prior +57.27% | +43.47%-3.13% | -2.08%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.53% | 6.83%7.10% | 14.93%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +65.08% | +46.27%+69.64% | +7.05%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.70% | 6.97%12.24% | 16.11%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +57.27% | +43.47%-1.56% | -0.79%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 12.16% | 8.12%

Calls: 8.61% | 8.77%

Puts: 15.71% | 7.48%

Prior 19.57% | 14.75%

Calls: 20.96% | 19.78%

Puts: 18.18% | 9.72%

Current vs Prior -37.86% | -44.95%

Prior 7-Day Avg 25.47% | 12.69%

Calls: 25.13% | 12.88%

Puts: 25.82% | 12.50%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -52.26% | -36.01%

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Moderately bearish flow with 62% put dollar volume ($42.07M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 146% vs prior. Bearish P/C ratio of 1.38 indicates protective positioning. P/C ratio dropping 61% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

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Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 175 of results (avg 8.0%, best 3.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$890.00	Aug 21	38.15	40.15	$39.15	5.1%	7	0.44	364
$880.00	Aug 21	42.35	44.70	$43.53	5.4%	2	0.47	341
$885.00	Aug 21	40.15	42.45	$41.30	5.6%	2	0.45	85
$690.00	Aug 21	171.20	181.30	$176.25	5.7%	--	0.92	24
$700.00	Aug 21	162.15	172.15	$167.15	6.0%	--	0.91	48

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$910.00	Aug 21	75.70	78.60	$77.15	3.8%	13	0.62	191
$870.00	Aug 28	56.75	59.50	$58.13	4.7%	1	0.49	29
$930.00	Aug 28	91.60	96.65	$94.13	5.4%	1	0.66	17
$760.00	Aug 21	13.85	14.65	$14.25	5.6%	7	0.19	211
$1030.00	Jul 31	165.10	175.00	$170.05	5.8%	--	1.00	33

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. 206 found (avg delta 0.72, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$730.00	Jul 31	126.00	136.00	$131.00	7.6%	--	0.98	13
$760.00	Jul 31	99.00	106.70	$102.85	7.5%	--	0.95	13
$775.00	Jul 31	85.00	93.05	$89.03	9.0%	1	0.92	6
$690.00	Aug 21	171.20	181.30	$176.25	5.7%	--	0.92	24
$780.00	Jul 31	81.00	87.45	$84.23	7.7%	--	0.91	12

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$970.00	Jul 31	104.85	116.40	$110.63	10.4%	1	1.00	61
$975.00	Jul 31	110.45	121.00	$115.73	9.1%	12	1.00	22
$980.00	Jul 31	115.70	126.00	$120.85	8.5%	26	1.00	57
$985.00	Jul 31	120.90	131.00	$125.95	8.0%	2	1.00	27
$990.00	Jul 31	125.75	136.00	$130.88	7.8%	6	1.00	32

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 474 active (total vol 12.9K, top 1.0K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$900.00	Jul 31	7.95	9.35	$8.65	16.2%	913	0.26	122
$930.00	Jul 31	2.78	3.60	$3.19	25.7%	474	0.12	494
$880.00	Jul 31	14.50	16.30	$15.40	11.7%	461	0.39	41
$1000.00	Jul 31	0.10	0.25	$0.18	83.3%	339	0.01	1.6K
$950.00	Jul 31	1.00	1.87	$1.44	60.4%	143	0.06	684

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$830.00	Jul 31	10.50	11.80	$11.15	11.7%	1.0K	0.28	1.9K
$840.00	Jul 31	13.55	16.05	$14.80	16.9%	1.0K	0.35	1.6K
$835.00	Jul 31	11.80	14.60	$13.20	21.2%	505	0.32	837
$790.00	Jul 31	3.20	4.20	$3.70	27.0%	466	0.11	281
$850.00	Aug 21	42.50	47.20	$44.85	10.5%	156	0.44	429

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 117 strikes (avg 21.4%, max 61.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$1030.00	Jul 31	Sep 4	74.4%	51.2%	45.3%	3	73
$730.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	77.7%	59.0%	31.7%	--	300
$845.00	Jul 31	Sep 4	67.1%	51.6%	30.0%	17	25
$760.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	74.7%	57.6%	29.7%	--	238
$850.00	Jul 31	Sep 4	66.0%	51.5%	28.2%	37	27

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$690.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	94.0%	58.3%	61.4%	30	131
$700.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	91.4%	58.2%	57.1%	49	87
$695.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	90.0%	58.2%	54.5%	14	59
$710.00	Jul 31	Sep 4	86.7%	56.5%	53.3%	8	15
$715.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	86.2%	57.2%	50.8%	7	18

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 404 found (best R:R 44.45, avg 4.42)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$1010.00	$1015.00	Jul 31	$0.11	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$1010.11
$960.00	$965.00	Jul 31	$0.19	$4.81	$0.19	25.32	$960.19
$970.00	$975.00	Jul 31	$0.19	$4.81	$0.19	25.32	$970.19
$980.00	$985.00	Jul 31	$0.19	$4.81	$0.19	25.32	$980.19
$995.00	$1000.00	Jul 31	$0.20	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$995.20

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$700.00	$695.00	Jul 31	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$699.88
$755.00	$750.00	Jul 31	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$754.87
$770.00	$765.00	Jul 31	$0.23	$4.77	$0.23	20.74	$769.77
$780.00	$775.00	Jul 31	$0.23	$4.77	$0.23	20.74	$779.77
$747.50	$745.00	Jul 31	$0.13	$2.37	$0.13	18.23	$747.37

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 515 found (best R:R 49.00, avg 2.12)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$775.00	$780.00	Jul 31	$4.80	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$779.80
$730.00	$760.00	Jul 31	$28.15	$28.15	$1.85	15.22	$758.15
$730.00	$745.00	Aug 7	$13.92	$13.92	$1.08	12.89	$743.92
$790.00	$795.00	Jul 31	$4.62	$4.62	$0.38	12.16	$794.62
$760.00	$775.00	Jul 31	$13.82	$13.82	$1.18	11.71	$773.82

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$960.00	$955.00	Jul 31	$4.90	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$955.10
$1025.00	$1015.00	Aug 7	$9.75	$9.75	$0.25	39.00	$1015.25
$960.00	$955.00	Aug 7	$4.87	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$955.13
$985.00	$980.00	Aug 7	$4.86	$4.86	$0.14	34.71	$980.14
$1005.00	$1000.00	Aug 7	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$1000.15

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 125 found (avg debit $11.30, cheapest $1.23)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$1030.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$1.73	74.4%	61.8%
$1025.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$2.33	67.2%	63.1%
$1020.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$2.77	63.0%	63.8%
$1015.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$3.09	61.7%	63.9%
$1010.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$3.43	65.1%	64.4%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$1030.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$1.23	74.4%	61.8%
$695.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$1.65	90.0%	73.8%
$690.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$1.78	94.0%	77.2%
$1025.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$1.92	67.2%	63.1%
$1015.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$2.05	61.7%	63.9%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 192 found (cheapest 5.39% of stock, avg 12.49%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$860.00	Jul 31	$24.40	$22.08	$46.48	$813.52	$906.48	5.39%
$865.00	Jul 31	$22.00	$25.78	$47.78	$817.22	$912.78	5.54%
$855.00	Jul 31	$27.40	$20.50	$47.90	$807.10	$902.90	5.56%
$870.00	Jul 31	$19.52	$28.48	$48.00	$822.00	$918.00	5.57%
$875.00	Jul 31	$17.43	$30.88	$48.31	$826.69	$923.31	5.61%
$850.00	Jul 31	$30.35	$18.23	$48.58	$801.42	$898.58	5.64%
$880.00	Jul 31	$15.40	$34.20	$49.60	$830.40	$929.60	5.76%
$840.00	Jul 31	$35.25	$14.80	$50.05	$789.95	$890.05	5.81%
$845.00	Jul 31	$33.55	$16.50	$50.05	$794.95	$895.05	5.81%
$885.00	Jul 31	$13.40	$36.78	$50.18	$834.82	$935.18	5.82%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 3.27% of stock, avg 8.93%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$885.00	$840.00	Jul 31	$13.40	$14.80	$28.20	$811.80	$913.20
$885.00	$845.00	Jul 31	$13.40	$16.50	$29.90	$815.10	$914.90
$880.00	$840.00	Jul 31	$15.40	$14.80	$30.20	$809.80	$910.20
$885.00	$850.00	Jul 31	$13.40	$18.23	$31.63	$818.37	$916.63
$880.00	$845.00	Jul 31	$15.40	$16.50	$31.90	$813.10	$911.90
$875.00	$840.00	Jul 31	$17.43	$14.80	$32.23	$807.77	$907.23
$880.00	$850.00	Jul 31	$15.40	$18.23	$33.63	$816.37	$913.63
$885.00	$855.00	Jul 31	$13.40	$20.50	$33.90	$821.10	$918.90
$875.00	$845.00	Jul 31	$17.43	$16.50	$33.93	$811.07	$908.93
$870.00	$840.00	Jul 31	$19.52	$14.80	$34.32	$805.68	$904.32

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 490 found (best R:R 44.45, avg credit $7.69)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
755/760	800/805	Jul 31	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$755.11	$804.89
760/765	870/875	Sep 4	$4.86	$0.14	34.71	$760.14	$874.86
765/770	790/795	Jul 31	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$765.15	$794.85
775/780	790/795	Jul 31	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$775.15	$794.85
700/710	730/740	Aug 21	$9.70	$0.30	32.33	$700.30	$739.70
695/700	730/745	Aug 7	$14.52	$0.48	30.25	$685.48	$744.52
765/770	800/805	Jul 31	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$765.17	$804.83
775/780	800/805	Jul 31	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$775.17	$804.83
740/745	795/800	Aug 7	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$740.17	$799.83
700/710	720/730	Aug 21	$9.60	$0.40	24.00	$700.40	$729.60

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 210 found (best R:R 124.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$690.00	$700.00	$710.00	Aug 21	$0.08	$9.92	124.00
$1015.00	$1020.00	$1025.00	Jul 31	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$985.00	$990.00	$995.00	Aug 7	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$870.00	$875.00	$880.00	Jul 31	$0.06	$4.94	82.33
$970.00	$980.00	$990.00	Aug 21	$0.12	$9.88	82.33

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$725.00	$730.00	$735.00	Aug 7	$0.06	$4.94	82.33
$705.00	$710.00	$715.00	Jul 31	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$700.00	$705.00	$710.00	Aug 7	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$795.00	$800.00	$805.00	Aug 7	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$840.00	$845.00	$850.00	Aug 21	$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. 103 found (best net $-8.63, 102 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$890.00	$945.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$8.63	$46.37
$785.00	$845.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$32.55	$27.45
$1000.00	$1030.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$6.57	$23.43
$1000.00	$1020.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$5.07	$14.93
$720.00	$785.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$55.60	$9.40

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$740.00	$720.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$8.91	$11.09
$700.00	$690.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$2.33	$7.67
$700.00	$690.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$3.65	$6.35
$710.00	$700.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$4.30	$5.70
$700.00	$695.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.17	$4.83

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 166 found (best yield 6.38%, avg 2.14%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$865.00	Sep 4	$55.00	0.52	0.4%	6.38%	6.75%	4	5
$870.00	Sep 4	$53.00	0.51	0.9%	6.15%	7.10%	1	1
$875.00	Sep 4	$50.00	0.49	1.5%	5.80%	7.33%	1	--
$870.00	Aug 28	$48.00	0.50	0.9%	5.57%	6.52%	--	10
$865.00	Aug 21	$46.60	0.51	0.4%	5.41%	5.78%	2	1
$890.00	Sep 4	$44.00	0.46	3.3%	5.11%	8.38%	2	1
$870.00	Aug 21	$43.00	0.50	0.9%	4.99%	5.94%	1	22
$880.00	Aug 21	$42.35	0.47	2.1%	4.91%	7.02%	2	341
$885.00	Aug 28	$41.10	0.46	2.7%	4.77%	7.46%	2	5
$865.00	Aug 14	$41.00	0.51	0.4%	4.76%	5.13%	9	2

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 11,711

Total Puts 16,189

Put/Call Ratio 1.38

Net Difference -4,478

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 70,288

Total Puts 117,716

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.85

Ratio Trend Falling

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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