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CATERPILLAR INC

$835.76 -4.30%

(7/27 18:03) ◀

Tuesday, July 28, 2026 (3:05pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/28 3:05pm) 39,415

Calls: 18,695 (47%)

Puts: 20,720 (53%)

Prior (07/27) 27,900

Calls: 11,711 (42%)

Puts: 16,189 (58%)

Current vs Prior +41.27%

Calls: +59.64% (Calls)

Puts: +27.99% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 190,525

Calls: 68,744 (36%)

Puts: 121,781 (64%)

Prior 7-Day Average 27,217

Calls: 9,820 (36%)

Puts: 17,397 (64%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +44.81%

Calls: +90.37%

Puts: +19.10%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/28 3:05pm) $83.84M

Calls: $45.17M (54%)

Puts: $38.67M (46%)

Prior (07/27) $68.24M

Calls: $26.17M (38%)

Puts: $42.07M (62%)

Current vs Prior +22.86%

Calls: +72.58%

Puts: -8.07%

Prior 7-Day Total $428.06M

Calls: $224.23M (52%)

Puts: $203.83M (48%)

Prior 7-Day Average $61.15M

Calls: $32.03M (52%)

Puts: $29.12M (48%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +37.10%

Calls: +41.00%

Puts: +32.81%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/28 3:05pm) 1.11

Prior (07/27) 1.38

Current vs Prior -19.83%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.02

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -45.03%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/28 3:05pm) 253,417

Calls: 124,028 (49%)

Puts: 129,389 (51%)

Prior (07/27) 244,332

Calls: 118,945 (49%)

Puts: 125,387 (51%)

Current vs Prior +3.72%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,866,024

Calls: 893,766 (48%)

Puts: 972,258 (52%)

Prior 7-Day Average 266,574

Calls: 127,680 (48%)

Puts: 138,894 (52%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -4.94%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

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

Current 5.18% | 9.56%11.75% | 15.78%

Prior 2.60% | 6.54%12.34% | 16.30%

Current vs Prior +98.88% | +46.11%-4.78% | -3.21%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.33% | 6.85%8.30% | 15.31%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +55.30% | +39.50%+41.56% | +3.06%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.60% | 6.54%11.86% | 15.79%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +98.88% | +46.11%-0.93% | -0.10%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 19.25% | 14.15%

Calls: 18.63% | 15.15%

Puts: 19.87% | 13.15%

Prior 36.87% | 12.47%

Calls: 37.06% | 17.83%

Puts: 36.67% | 7.11%

Current vs Prior -47.79% | +13.47%

Prior 7-Day Avg 28.51% | 13.08%

Calls: 28.15% | 14.13%

Puts: 28.86% | 12.04%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -32.47% | +8.14%

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Slightly bearish P/C ratio of 1.11.

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Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

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Current BULLISH

Prior BEARISH

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Prior BEARISH

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Current NEUTRAL

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

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Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 170 of results (avg 7.8%, best 4.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$670.00	Aug 21	164.00	175.00	$169.50	6.5%	--	0.92	16
$675.00	Aug 28	162.15	173.10	$167.63	6.5%	--	0.90	15
$680.00	Aug 21	155.20	166.00	$160.60	6.7%	--	0.91	141
$690.00	Aug 21	146.10	156.55	$151.32	6.9%	--	0.90	24
$740.00	Aug 21	106.50	114.25	$110.38	7.0%	1	0.81	500

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$870.00	Aug 28	67.95	71.05	$69.50	4.5%	2	0.57	29
$885.00	Aug 28	77.45	81.05	$79.25	4.5%	1	0.61	5
$770.00	Aug 21	20.35	21.30	$20.83	4.6%	15	0.26	96
$875.00	Aug 28	71.15	74.60	$72.88	4.7%	--	0.59	11
$890.00	Aug 28	80.10	84.35	$82.23	5.2%	--	0.63	21

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.81, cheapest $0.81)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$930.00	Jul 31	0.75	0.87	$0.81	14.8%	156	0.04	156

PUTS (0)

No puts meet the criteria

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 223 found (avg delta 0.73, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$700.00	Jul 31	129.00	141.45	$135.23	9.2%	30	1.00	--
$730.00	Jul 31	101.00	113.20	$107.10	11.4%	--	1.00	13
$760.00	Jul 31	73.00	82.50	$77.75	12.2%	--	0.93	13
$670.00	Aug 21	164.00	175.00	$169.50	6.5%	--	0.92	16
$680.00	Aug 21	155.20	166.00	$160.60	6.7%	--	0.91	141

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1000.00	Jul 31	161.45	172.00	$166.73	6.3%	--	0.99	77
$975.00	Jul 31	136.60	147.00	$141.80	7.3%	1	0.98	15
$990.00	Jul 31	151.45	162.00	$156.73	6.7%	--	0.98	31
$995.00	Jul 31	156.60	167.00	$161.80	6.4%	--	0.98	70
$955.00	Jul 31	116.60	127.00	$121.80	8.5%	--	0.98	38

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 461 active (total vol 10.8K, top 667)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$795.00	Aug 7	58.00	66.15	$62.08	13.1%	500	0.68	2
$900.00	Aug 7	14.55	16.60	$15.58	13.2%	346	0.28	33
$900.00	Jul 31	2.11	2.70	$2.41	24.5%	344	0.10	766
$960.00	Jul 31	0.05	0.70	$0.38	171.1%	287	0.02	89
$950.00	Jul 31	0.37	0.68	$0.53	58.5%	279	0.03	723

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$820.00	Jul 31	12.25	16.05	$14.15	26.9%	667	0.38	217
$830.00	Jul 31	16.05	19.60	$17.83	19.9%	608	0.45	1.5K
$840.00	Jul 31	20.85	25.45	$23.15	19.9%	331	0.53	993
$730.00	Jul 31	0.52	0.79	$0.66	40.9%	271	0.03	18
$735.00	Jul 31	0.56	1.24	$0.90	75.6%	239	0.04	29

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 33.3%, max 90.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$985.00	Jul 31	Sep 4	84.0%	51.8%	62.2%	11	135
$995.00	Jul 31	Sep 4	85.1%	52.5%	62.2%	34	41
$990.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	83.2%	52.5%	58.4%	14	99
$1000.00	Jul 31	Sep 4	81.7%	51.7%	58.0%	68	1.5K
$980.00	Jul 31	Sep 4	81.6%	51.8%	57.6%	27	173

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$670.00	Jul 31	Sep 4	107.2%	56.4%	90.0%	25	15
$680.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	112.4%	60.3%	86.4%	6	312
$685.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	105.3%	57.3%	83.9%	5	24
$700.00	Jul 31	Sep 4	93.0%	55.0%	68.9%	6	95
$690.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	94.5%	57.1%	65.5%	124	156

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 380 found (best R:R 44.45, avg 4.62)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$990.00	$995.00	Aug 7	$0.11	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$990.11
$970.00	$975.00	Jul 31	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$970.12
$995.00	$1000.00	Jul 31	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$995.12
$910.00	$915.00	Jul 31	$0.16	$4.84	$0.16	30.25	$910.16
$930.00	$932.50	Jul 31	$0.10	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$930.10

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$710.00	$705.00	Jul 31	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$709.88
$755.00	$750.00	Jul 31	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$754.85
$675.00	$670.00	Aug 14	$0.18	$4.82	$0.18	26.78	$674.82
$735.00	$730.00	Jul 31	$0.24	$4.76	$0.24	19.83	$734.76
$765.00	$760.00	Jul 31	$0.25	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$764.75

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 494 found (best R:R 57.82, avg 1.99)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$730.00	$760.00	Jul 31	$29.35	$29.35	$0.65	45.15	$759.35
$790.00	$795.00	Jul 31	$4.75	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$794.75
$800.00	$805.00	Jul 31	$4.75	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$804.75
$700.00	$730.00	Jul 31	$28.13	$28.13	$1.87	15.04	$728.13
$760.00	$780.00	Jul 31	$18.65	$18.65	$1.35	13.81	$778.65

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$1000.00	$990.00	Aug 21	$9.83	$9.83	$0.17	57.82	$990.17
$985.00	$980.00	Jul 31	$4.80	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$980.20
$990.00	$980.00	Aug 7	$9.60	$9.60	$0.40	24.00	$980.40
$955.00	$950.00	Aug 7	$4.75	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$950.25
$965.00	$955.00	Aug 14	$9.45	$9.45	$0.55	17.18	$955.55

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 121 found (avg debit $10.90, cheapest $1.07)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$1000.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$2.28	81.7%	68.1%
$995.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$2.39	85.1%	67.9%
$990.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$2.50	83.2%	67.0%
$680.00	Aug 21	Aug 28	$2.55	60.3%	57.7%
$985.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$2.76	84.0%	67.2%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$1000.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$1.07	81.7%	68.1%
$670.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$1.53	107.2%	78.9%
$975.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$1.55	75.3%	66.9%
$680.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$1.57	112.4%	77.6%
$675.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$1.65	102.2%	77.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 197 found (cheapest 4.85% of stock, avg 12.81%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$830.00	Jul 31	$22.73	$17.83	$40.56	$789.44	$870.56	4.85%
$835.00	Jul 31	$20.13	$20.58	$40.71	$794.29	$875.71	4.87%
$840.00	Jul 31	$17.80	$23.15	$40.95	$799.05	$880.95	4.90%
$825.00	Jul 31	$25.68	$15.75	$41.43	$783.57	$866.43	4.96%
$845.00	Jul 31	$15.73	$25.83	$41.56	$803.44	$886.56	4.97%
$850.00	Jul 31	$13.77	$28.93	$42.70	$807.30	$892.70	5.11%
$820.00	Jul 31	$28.73	$14.15	$42.88	$777.12	$862.88	5.13%
$855.00	Jul 31	$11.78	$31.83	$43.61	$811.39	$898.61	5.22%
$815.00	Jul 31	$32.05	$12.18	$44.23	$770.77	$859.23	5.29%
$810.00	Jul 31	$34.83	$10.38	$45.21	$764.79	$855.21	5.41%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 2.68% of stock, avg 8.46%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$860.00	$815.00	Jul 31	$10.18	$12.18	$22.36	$792.64	$882.36
$855.00	$815.00	Jul 31	$11.78	$12.18	$23.96	$791.04	$878.96
$860.00	$820.00	Jul 31	$10.18	$14.15	$24.33	$795.67	$884.33
$850.00	$815.00	Jul 31	$13.77	$12.18	$25.95	$789.05	$875.95
$855.00	$820.00	Jul 31	$11.78	$14.15	$25.93	$794.07	$880.93
$860.00	$825.00	Jul 31	$10.18	$15.75	$25.93	$799.07	$885.93
$855.00	$825.00	Jul 31	$11.78	$15.75	$27.53	$797.47	$882.53
$845.00	$815.00	Jul 31	$15.73	$12.18	$27.91	$787.09	$872.91
$850.00	$820.00	Jul 31	$13.77	$14.15	$27.92	$792.08	$877.92
$860.00	$830.00	Jul 31	$10.18	$17.83	$28.01	$801.99	$888.01

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 448 found (best R:R 114.38, avg credit $7.99)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
675/680	730/760	Jul 31	$29.74	$0.26	114.38	$650.26	$759.74
680/690	710/720	Aug 21	$9.88	$0.12	82.33	$680.12	$719.88
720/722	730/760	Jul 31	$29.60	$0.40	74.00	$692.90	$759.60
705/710	730/760	Jul 31	$29.47	$0.53	55.60	$680.53	$759.47
742/745	790/795	Jul 31	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$740.11	$794.89
742/745	800/805	Jul 31	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$740.11	$804.89
705/710	790/795	Jul 31	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$705.13	$794.87
705/710	800/805	Jul 31	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$705.13	$804.87
670/680	690/700	Aug 21	$9.61	$0.39	24.64	$670.39	$699.61
700/705	745/750	Aug 7	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$700.20	$749.80

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 211 found (best R:R 99.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$840.00	$845.00	$850.00	Aug 7	$0.06	$4.94	82.33
$865.00	$870.00	$875.00	Aug 7	$0.06	$4.94	82.33
$930.00	$935.00	$940.00	Aug 28	$0.06	$4.94	82.33
$915.00	$920.00	$925.00	Aug 21	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$870.00	$875.00	$880.00	Jul 31	$0.08	$4.92	61.50

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$750.00	$755.00	$760.00	Aug 7	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$895.00	$900.00	$905.00	Sep 4	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$740.00	$750.00	$760.00	Aug 21	$0.11	$9.89	89.91
$675.00	$680.00	$685.00	Aug 7	$0.06	$4.94	82.33
$955.00	$960.00	$965.00	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. 115 found (best net $-3.60, 114 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$750.00	$795.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$28.63	$16.37
$855.00	$890.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$22.58	$12.42
$915.00	$940.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$14.36	$10.64
$990.00	$1000.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$4.40	$5.60
$995.00	$1000.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.05	$4.95

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$700.00	$670.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$3.60	$26.40
$700.00	$685.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$1.75	$13.25
$685.00	$675.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$2.28	$7.72
$680.00	$670.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$3.19	$6.81
$690.00	$680.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$4.21	$5.79

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 159 found (best yield 6.13%, avg 1.88%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$840.00	Sep 4	$51.20	0.52	0.5%	6.13%	6.63%	10	--
$845.00	Sep 4	$49.05	0.50	1.1%	5.87%	6.97%	5	12
$845.00	Aug 28	$45.30	0.50	1.1%	5.42%	6.53%	1	3
$855.00	Sep 4	$44.60	0.47	2.3%	5.34%	7.64%	2	8
$840.00	Aug 21	$43.30	0.51	0.5%	5.18%	5.69%	14	96
$850.00	Aug 28	$42.95	0.49	1.7%	5.14%	6.84%	1	3
$845.00	Aug 21	$42.30	0.49	1.1%	5.06%	6.17%	4	3
$850.00	Aug 21	$39.95	0.48	1.7%	4.78%	6.48%	6	51
$840.00	Aug 14	$38.45	0.50	0.5%	4.60%	5.11%	19	1
$845.00	Aug 14	$37.05	0.49	1.1%	4.43%	5.54%	11	1

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 18,695

Total Puts 20,720

Put/Call Ratio 1.11

Net Difference -2,025

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 11,711

Total Puts 16,189

Put/Call Ratio 1.38

Net Difference -4,478

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 68,744

Total Puts 121,781

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.02

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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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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