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CATERPILLAR INC

$832.97 +2.23%

(7/31 18:04) ◀

Monday, August 3, 2026 (2:05pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/03 2:05pm) 38,477

Calls: 19,744 (51%)

Puts: 18,733 (49%)

Prior (04/30) 51,556

Calls: 24,031 (47%)

Puts: 27,525 (53%)

Current vs Prior -25.37%

Calls: -17.84% (Calls)

Puts: -31.94% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 211,545

Calls: 78,095 (37%)

Puts: 133,450 (63%)

Prior 7-Day Average 30,220

Calls: 11,156 (37%)

Puts: 19,064 (63%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +27.32%

Calls: +76.97%

Puts: -1.74%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/03 2:05pm) $78.43M

Calls: $45.37M (58%)

Puts: $33.06M (42%)

Prior (04/30) $131.76M

Calls: $95.94M (73%)

Puts: $35.82M (27%)

Current vs Prior -40.48%

Calls: -52.71%

Puts: -7.70%

Prior 7-Day Total $433.85M

Calls: $214.13M (49%)

Puts: $219.72M (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average $61.98M

Calls: $30.59M (49%)

Puts: $31.39M (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +26.54%

Calls: +48.30%

Puts: +5.33%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/03 2:05pm) 0.95

Prior (04/30) 1.15

Current vs Prior -17.16%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.00

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -52.47%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/03 2:05pm) 252,922

Calls: 123,639 (49%)

Puts: 129,283 (51%)

Prior (04/30) 261,582

Calls: 112,431 (43%)

Puts: 149,151 (57%)

Current vs Prior -3.31%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,774,797

Calls: 866,351 (49%)

Puts: 908,446 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 253,542

Calls: 123,764 (49%)

Puts: 129,778 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -0.24%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (08/07) | Next (08/14)Expiry (08/21) | Next (09/18)

Current 7.66% | 9.34%10.26% | 14.41%

Prior 4.20% | 9.18%12.14% | 15.81%

Current vs Prior +82.29% | +1.71%-15.54% | -8.88%

Prior 7-Day Avg 4.50% | 8.31%12.42% | 16.28%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +70.36% | +12.43%-17.43% | -11.48%

Prior 7-Day Eod 4.20% | 9.18%10.42% | 14.72%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +82.29% | +1.71%-1.57% | -2.11%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 12.71% | 11.83%

Calls: 11.20% | 7.70%

Puts: 14.22% | 15.96%

Prior 36.20% | 18.01%

Calls: 34.68% | 18.03%

Puts: 37.73% | 17.98%

Current vs Prior -64.89% | -34.31%

Prior 7-Day Avg 22.45% | 13.48%

Calls: 21.86% | 15.19%

Puts: 23.05% | 11.77%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -43.40% | -12.22%

Liquidity Expensive

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Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow NEUTRAL

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

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Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BEARISH

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
15:05	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
14:05	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	BULLISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 148 of results (avg 7.8%, best 5.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$675.00	Aug 28	156.55	165.90	$161.23	5.8%	--	0.92	15
$670.00	Aug 28	161.00	170.80	$165.90	5.9%	--	0.92	12
$770.00	Aug 21	78.80	83.65	$81.22	6.0%	1	0.74	9
$690.00	Aug 21	141.45	150.40	$145.93	6.1%	--	0.92	24
$845.00	Sep 4	45.00	47.85	$46.43	6.1%	--	0.49	15

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$880.00	Aug 21	67.15	70.65	$68.90	5.1%	46	0.65	924
$895.00	Aug 28	81.05	85.45	$83.25	5.3%	50	0.68	16
$900.00	Sep 11	90.40	95.40	$92.90	5.4%	2	0.66	--
$865.00	Aug 14	53.15	56.40	$54.78	5.9%	--	0.62	47
$925.00	Aug 21	100.80	107.00	$103.90	6.0%	--	0.79	23

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. 190 found (avg delta 0.72, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$700.00	Aug 7	127.00	137.45	$132.23	7.9%	15	1.00	2
$670.00	Aug 21	159.00	169.45	$164.23	6.4%	--	0.94	16
$680.00	Aug 21	150.00	160.10	$155.05	6.5%	2	0.93	141
$670.00	Aug 28	161.00	170.80	$165.90	5.9%	--	0.92	12
$730.00	Aug 7	101.00	109.25	$105.13	7.8%	--	0.92	11

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$985.00	Aug 7	150.65	161.00	$155.82	6.6%	1	0.97	4
$980.00	Aug 7	143.80	155.85	$149.82	8.0%	--	0.96	41
$975.00	Aug 7	140.60	151.00	$145.80	7.1%	--	0.95	21
$965.00	Aug 7	129.15	141.00	$135.07	8.8%	--	0.94	37
$960.00	Aug 7	126.45	136.95	$131.70	8.0%	--	0.94	105

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 379 active (total vol 19.5K, top 1.1K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$950.00	Aug 7	2.10	2.89	$2.50	31.6%	1.1K	0.08	121
$900.00	Aug 7	7.40	9.10	$8.25	20.6%	988	0.20	326
$860.00	Aug 7	18.00	20.00	$19.00	10.5%	853	0.38	489
$885.00	Aug 7	11.55	12.50	$12.03	7.9%	641	0.27	46
$880.00	Aug 14	17.50	20.00	$18.75	13.3%	569	0.32	13

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$777.50	Aug 7	9.35	10.95	$10.15	15.8%	646	0.22	4
$787.50	Aug 7	11.60	14.25	$12.93	20.5%	454	0.26	36
$800.00	Aug 21	26.20	29.15	$27.67	10.7%	438	0.36	1.5K
$670.00	Aug 28	3.50	4.45	$3.98	23.9%	316	0.07	24
$750.00	Aug 7	4.85	5.65	$5.25	15.2%	273	0.13	134

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 123 strikes (avg 62.3%, max 79.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$990.00	Aug 7	Sep 11	85.7%	47.9%	78.9%	116	57
$995.00	Aug 7	Sep 4	87.1%	49.0%	77.8%	15	78
$955.00	Aug 7	Sep 11	85.6%	48.4%	76.9%	43	314
$940.00	Aug 7	Sep 11	84.6%	47.9%	76.7%	21	130
$810.00	Aug 7	Sep 11	87.3%	49.5%	76.3%	5	38

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$675.00	Aug 7	Sep 11	93.1%	51.9%	79.3%	21	114
$800.00	Aug 7	Sep 11	87.8%	49.3%	78.0%	87	549
$690.00	Aug 7	Sep 11	92.1%	51.8%	77.9%	101	24
$780.00	Aug 7	Sep 11	89.2%	50.4%	76.8%	124	217
$730.00	Aug 7	Sep 11	90.4%	51.3%	76.4%	74	109

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 376 found (best R:R 49.00, avg 4.67)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$965.00	$970.00	Aug 28	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$965.13
$960.00	$965.00	Aug 7	$0.16	$4.84	$0.16	30.25	$960.16
$970.00	$975.00	Aug 7	$0.16	$4.84	$0.16	30.25	$970.16
$905.00	$910.00	Aug 28	$0.23	$4.77	$0.23	20.74	$905.23
$980.00	$985.00	Aug 7	$0.24	$4.76	$0.24	19.83	$980.24

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$675.00	$670.00	Aug 28	$0.10	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$674.90
$675.00	$670.00	Aug 7	$0.11	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$674.89
$710.00	$707.50	Aug 7	$0.11	$2.39	$0.11	21.73	$709.89
$675.00	$670.00	Sep 4	$0.23	$4.77	$0.23	20.74	$674.77
$707.50	$705.00	Aug 7	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	19.83	$707.38

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 483 found (best R:R 61.50, avg 2.10)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$805.00	$810.00	Aug 21	$4.90	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$809.90
$800.00	$805.00	Aug 7	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$804.85
$690.00	$700.00	Aug 21	$9.70	$9.70	$0.30	32.33	$699.70
$745.00	$750.00	Aug 7	$4.77	$4.77	$0.23	20.74	$749.77
$670.00	$675.00	Aug 28	$4.67	$4.67	$0.33	14.15	$674.67

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$970.00	$960.00	Aug 28	$9.84	$9.84	$0.16	61.50	$960.16
$960.00	$955.00	Aug 7	$4.87	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$955.13
$965.00	$960.00	Aug 21	$4.82	$4.82	$0.18	26.78	$960.18
$990.00	$980.00	Aug 21	$9.61	$9.61	$0.39	24.64	$980.39
$940.00	$930.00	Aug 14	$9.55	$9.55	$0.45	21.22	$930.45

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 123 found (avg debit $4.57, cheapest $0.47)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$990.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$1.11	85.7%	61.1%
$965.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$1.40	85.2%	59.7%
$970.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$1.45	86.4%	61.0%
$995.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$1.45	87.1%	64.3%
$980.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$1.65	86.0%	63.0%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$990.00	Aug 21	Aug 28	$0.47	54.4%	49.6%
$685.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.70	95.5%	64.4%
$695.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$1.17	92.8%	65.1%
$955.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$1.47	85.6%	60.4%
$705.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$1.57	92.7%	65.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 174 found (cheapest 7.24% of stock, avg 12.46%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$825.00	Aug 7	$33.78	$26.55	$60.33	$764.67	$885.33	7.24%
$835.00	Aug 7	$29.03	$31.65	$60.68	$774.32	$895.68	7.28%
$820.00	Aug 7	$36.53	$24.58	$61.11	$758.89	$881.11	7.34%
$830.00	Aug 7	$32.15	$29.40	$61.55	$768.45	$891.55	7.39%
$815.00	Aug 7	$39.50	$22.23	$61.73	$753.27	$876.73	7.41%
$840.00	Aug 7	$26.83	$34.90	$61.73	$778.27	$901.73	7.41%
$845.00	Aug 7	$25.10	$37.35	$62.45	$782.55	$907.45	7.50%
$805.00	Aug 7	$44.75	$18.65	$63.40	$741.60	$868.40	7.61%
$855.00	Aug 7	$20.63	$42.90	$63.53	$791.47	$918.53	7.63%
$810.00	Aug 7	$43.28	$20.55	$63.83	$746.17	$873.83	7.66%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 4.95% of stock, avg 8.41%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$860.00	$815.00	Aug 7	$19.00	$22.23	$41.23	$773.77	$901.23
$855.00	$815.00	Aug 7	$20.63	$22.23	$42.86	$772.14	$897.86
$860.00	$820.00	Aug 7	$19.00	$24.58	$43.58	$776.42	$903.58
$855.00	$820.00	Aug 7	$20.63	$24.58	$45.21	$774.79	$900.21
$850.00	$815.00	Aug 7	$23.05	$22.23	$45.28	$769.72	$895.28
$860.00	$825.00	Aug 7	$19.00	$26.55	$45.55	$779.45	$905.55
$855.00	$825.00	Aug 7	$20.63	$26.55	$47.18	$777.82	$902.18
$845.00	$815.00	Aug 7	$25.10	$22.23	$47.33	$767.67	$892.33
$850.00	$820.00	Aug 7	$23.05	$24.58	$47.63	$772.37	$897.63
$860.00	$830.00	Aug 7	$19.00	$29.40	$48.40	$781.60	$908.40

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 430 found (best R:R 49.00, avg credit $9.07)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
675/680	690/700	Sep 4	$9.80	$0.20	49.00	$670.20	$699.80
705/708	745/750	Aug 7	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$702.61	$749.89
670/675	745/750	Aug 7	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$670.12	$749.88
708/710	745/750	Aug 7	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$705.12	$749.88
720/730	740/750	Aug 21	$9.63	$0.37	26.03	$720.37	$749.63
730/735	815/820	Aug 14	$4.81	$0.19	25.32	$730.19	$819.81
680/690	700/710	Aug 21	$9.57	$0.43	22.26	$680.43	$709.57
705/710	830/835	Aug 14	$4.78	$0.22	21.73	$705.22	$834.78
690/700	710/720	Aug 21	$9.55	$0.45	21.22	$690.45	$719.55
670/680	700/710	Aug 21	$9.43	$0.57	16.54	$670.57	$709.43

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 199 found (best R:R 165.67, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$670.00	$680.00	$690.00	Aug 21	$0.06	$9.94	165.67
$960.00	$965.00	$970.00	Aug 7	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$855.00	$860.00	$865.00	Aug 21	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$970.00	$980.00	$990.00	Aug 21	$0.18	$9.82	54.56
$700.00	$710.00	$720.00	Aug 21	$0.20	$9.80	49.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$740.00	$750.00	$760.00	Aug 21	$0.07	$9.93	141.86
$670.00	$680.00	$690.00	Aug 21	$0.14	$9.86	70.43
$720.00	$730.00	$740.00	Aug 21	$0.15	$9.85	65.67
$755.00	$760.00	$765.00	Aug 7	$0.08	$4.92	61.50
$950.00	$955.00	$960.00	Aug 21	$0.08	$4.92	61.50

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 93 found (best net $-20.86, 91 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$755.00	$815.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$20.86	$39.14
$965.00	$990.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$5.30	$19.70
$980.00	$990.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$2.95	$7.05
$970.00	$980.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$3.47	$6.53
$980.00	$990.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$3.50	$6.50

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$715.00	$690.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$4.32	$20.68
$690.00	$675.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$4.80	$10.20
$695.00	$685.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.84	$9.16
$680.00	$670.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$2.05	$7.95
$690.00	$680.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$2.54	$7.46

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 158 found (best yield 6.00%, avg 1.79%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$835.00	Sep 11	$50.00	0.52	0.2%	6.00%	6.25%	1	--
$845.00	Sep 4	$45.00	0.49	1.4%	5.40%	6.85%	--	15
$850.00	Sep 11	$43.00	0.48	2.0%	5.16%	7.21%	1	4
$835.00	Aug 28	$42.75	0.52	0.2%	5.13%	5.38%	1	1
$840.00	Aug 28	$40.50	0.50	0.8%	4.86%	5.71%	15	1
$845.00	Aug 28	$39.70	0.48	1.4%	4.77%	6.21%	2	2
$850.00	Sep 4	$39.00	0.47	2.0%	4.68%	6.73%	--	20
$860.00	Sep 11	$38.05	0.45	3.2%	4.57%	7.81%	2	--
$840.00	Aug 21	$37.65	0.49	0.8%	4.52%	5.36%	32	100
$835.00	Aug 21	$37.45	0.51	0.2%	4.50%	4.74%	2	28

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 19,744

Total Puts 18,733

Put/Call Ratio 0.95

Net Difference 1,011

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 24,031

Total Puts 27,525

Put/Call Ratio 1.15

Net Difference -3,494

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 78,095

Total Puts 133,450

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.00

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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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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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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