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CATERPILLAR INC

$830.04 +1.87%

(8/3 14:07) ◀

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

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/03 3:05pm) 47,283

Calls: 24,130 (51%)

Puts: 23,153 (49%)

Prior (07/31) 26,668

Calls: 11,634 (44%)

Puts: 15,034 (56%)

Current vs Prior +77.30%

Calls: +107.41% (Calls)

Puts: +54.00% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 213,570

Calls: 80,791 (38%)

Puts: 132,779 (62%)

Prior 7-Day Average 30,510

Calls: 11,541 (38%)

Puts: 18,968 (62%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +54.98%

Calls: +109.07%

Puts: +22.06%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/03 3:05pm) $93.32M

Calls: $52.07M (56%)

Puts: $41.25M (44%)

Prior (07/31) $47.18M

Calls: $18.25M (39%)

Puts: $28.93M (61%)

Current vs Prior +97.79%

Calls: +185.26%

Puts: +42.60%

Prior 7-Day Total $428.45M

Calls: $213.81M (50%)

Puts: $214.64M (50%)

Prior 7-Day Average $61.21M

Calls: $30.54M (50%)

Puts: $30.66M (50%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +52.47%

Calls: +70.48%

Puts: +34.53%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/03 3:05pm) 0.96

Prior (07/31) 1.29

Current vs Prior -25.75%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.93

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -50.28%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/03 3:05pm) 252,922

Calls: 123,639 (49%)

Puts: 129,283 (51%)

Prior (07/31) 288,600

Calls: 141,594 (49%)

Puts: 147,006 (51%)

Current vs Prior -12.36%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,827,930

Calls: 891,121 (49%)

Puts: 936,809 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 261,132

Calls: 127,303 (49%)

Puts: 133,829 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -3.14%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 7.72% | 9.13%10.30% | 14.37%

Prior 1.05% | 7.47%10.38% | 14.62%

Current vs Prior +637.07% | +22.23%-0.73% | -1.70%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.89% | 8.20%12.01% | 15.93%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +98.39% | +11.32%-14.20% | -9.74%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.05% | 7.47%10.42% | 14.72%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +637.07% | +22.23%-1.13% | -2.36%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 6.67% | 7.60%

Calls: 8.31% | 7.99%

Puts: 5.03% | 7.21%

Prior 68.72% | 9.06%

Calls: 60.77% | 9.25%

Puts: 76.67% | 8.87%

Current vs Prior -90.29% | -16.11%

Prior 7-Day Avg 29.96% | 12.58%

Calls: 28.20% | 14.28%

Puts: 31.73% | 10.88%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -77.74% | -39.60%

Liquidity Pricy

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Elevated premium activity with dollar volume up 98% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (52% higher). Above-average activity with volume up 77% vs prior. P/C ratio dropping 26% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow NEUTRAL

Overall BULLISH

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Current BULLISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg BEARISH

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

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
15:05	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	BULLISH
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 257 of results (avg 7.9%, best 4.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$700.00	Aug 7	128.85	134.35	$131.60	4.2%	15	0.96	2
$840.00	Aug 7	25.35	26.60	$25.98	4.8%	48	0.47	55
$750.00	Aug 7	83.80	88.30	$86.05	5.2%	8	0.87	17
$670.00	Aug 28	159.60	168.65	$164.13	5.5%	--	0.94	12
$685.00	Sep 4	150.00	158.80	$154.40	5.7%	2	0.91	12

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$890.00	Aug 21	75.55	78.85	$77.20	4.3%	13	0.69	344
$950.00	Aug 21	123.70	129.25	$126.48	4.4%	117	0.85	79
$950.00	Aug 7	118.45	123.90	$121.18	4.5%	11	0.92	24
$835.00	Aug 7	31.95	33.60	$32.78	5.0%	73	0.51	39
$800.00	Aug 7	17.10	18.00	$17.55	5.1%	106	0.33	547

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. 197 found (avg delta 0.72, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$700.00	Aug 7	128.85	134.35	$131.60	4.2%	15	0.96	2
$670.00	Aug 21	160.00	170.10	$165.05	6.1%	--	0.95	16
$680.00	Aug 21	150.00	160.50	$155.25	6.8%	2	0.94	141
$670.00	Aug 28	159.60	168.65	$164.13	5.5%	--	0.94	12
$675.00	Aug 28	157.00	166.90	$161.95	6.1%	--	0.93	15

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$980.00	Aug 7	145.00	157.50	$151.25	8.3%	--	1.00	41
$985.00	Aug 7	149.80	160.75	$155.28	7.1%	3	1.00	4
$975.00	Aug 7	140.15	149.40	$144.78	6.4%	2	0.94	21
$965.00	Aug 7	130.55	142.20	$136.38	8.5%	--	0.93	37
$960.00	Aug 7	125.00	136.20	$130.60	8.6%	--	0.93	105

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 416 active (total vol 25.0K, top 1.6K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$950.00	Aug 7	2.23	2.47	$2.35	10.2%	1.6K	0.07	121
$900.00	Aug 7	7.40	8.15	$7.78	9.6%	1.0K	0.20	326
$885.00	Aug 7	10.50	11.60	$11.05	10.0%	956	0.26	46
$860.00	Aug 7	17.45	18.55	$18.00	6.1%	874	0.37	489
$835.00	Aug 14	32.90	35.85	$34.38	8.6%	756	0.50	2

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$750.00	Aug 7	5.30	5.70	$5.50	7.3%	953	0.13	134
$777.50	Aug 7	10.50	11.45	$10.98	8.7%	909	0.23	4
$787.50	Aug 7	12.75	14.50	$13.63	12.8%	454	0.27	36
$800.00	Aug 21	26.90	28.55	$27.73	6.0%	444	0.36	1.5K
$670.00	Aug 7	0.30	0.48	$0.39	46.2%	372	0.01	57

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 129 strikes (avg 63.3%, max 83.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$810.00	Aug 7	Sep 11	88.3%	48.2%	83.3%	5	38
$990.00	Aug 7	Sep 11	87.5%	48.2%	81.6%	120	57
$995.00	Aug 7	Sep 4	88.1%	49.2%	79.0%	16	78
$940.00	Aug 7	Sep 11	85.3%	47.9%	78.2%	23	130
$965.00	Aug 7	Sep 11	86.8%	48.8%	78.1%	88	343

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$825.00	Aug 7	Sep 11	88.2%	48.0%	83.8%	96	56
$810.00	Aug 7	Sep 11	88.3%	48.2%	83.3%	42	93
$800.00	Aug 7	Sep 11	89.0%	48.6%	83.1%	108	549
$765.00	Aug 7	Sep 11	90.7%	49.8%	82.2%	74	836
$780.00	Aug 7	Sep 11	89.8%	49.3%	82.2%	155	217

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 400 found (best R:R 49.00, avg 4.52)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$970.00	$975.00	Aug 7	$0.10	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$970.10
$980.00	$985.00	Aug 7	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$980.12
$945.00	$950.00	Aug 14	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$945.15
$960.00	$965.00	Aug 7	$0.17	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$960.17
$955.00	$960.00	Aug 7	$0.22	$4.78	$0.22	21.73	$955.22

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$675.00	$665.00	Aug 14	$0.22	$9.78	$0.22	44.45	$674.78
$685.00	$680.00	Aug 7	$0.20	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$684.80
$710.00	$707.50	Aug 7	$0.10	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$709.90
$715.00	$712.50	Aug 7	$0.11	$2.39	$0.11	21.73	$714.89
$717.50	$715.00	Aug 7	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	19.83	$717.38

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 500 found (best R:R 49.00, avg 1.59)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$670.00	$680.00	Aug 21	$9.80	$9.80	$0.20	49.00	$679.80
$665.00	$685.00	Sep 4	$18.73	$18.73	$1.27	14.75	$683.73
$700.00	$730.00	Aug 7	$28.02	$28.02	$1.98	14.15	$728.02
$690.00	$700.00	Aug 21	$9.28	$9.28	$0.72	12.89	$699.28
$805.00	$810.00	Aug 14	$4.57	$4.57	$0.43	10.63	$809.57

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$940.00	$935.00	Aug 21	$4.83	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$935.17
$930.00	$925.00	Aug 7	$4.82	$4.82	$0.18	26.78	$925.18
$930.00	$925.00	Aug 21	$4.75	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$925.25
$940.00	$930.00	Aug 14	$9.28	$9.28	$0.72	12.89	$930.72
$880.00	$875.00	Aug 7	$4.52	$4.52	$0.48	9.42	$875.48

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 128 found (avg debit $4.36, cheapest $0.12)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$990.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$1.07	87.5%	61.4%
$965.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$1.37	86.8%	60.0%
$995.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$1.40	88.1%	64.3%
$970.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$1.66	85.2%	61.3%
$980.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$1.78	85.0%	63.1%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$965.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.12	86.8%	60.0%
$970.00	Aug 21	Aug 28	$0.65	54.2%	51.9%
$685.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.78	93.9%	64.4%
$990.00	Aug 21	Aug 28	$1.12	54.0%	51.1%
$980.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$1.13	85.0%	63.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 182 found (cheapest 7.32% of stock, avg 12.48%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$825.00	Aug 7	$32.83	$27.90	$60.73	$764.27	$885.73	7.32%
$835.00	Aug 7	$28.53	$32.78	$61.31	$773.69	$896.31	7.39%
$830.00	Aug 7	$31.30	$30.30	$61.60	$768.40	$891.60	7.42%
$840.00	Aug 7	$25.98	$35.63	$61.61	$778.39	$901.61	7.42%
$820.00	Aug 7	$36.05	$25.63	$61.68	$758.32	$881.68	7.43%
$815.00	Aug 7	$38.50	$23.38	$61.88	$753.12	$876.88	7.46%
$810.00	Aug 7	$41.23	$21.20	$62.43	$747.57	$872.43	7.52%
$845.00	Aug 7	$23.63	$39.20	$62.83	$782.17	$907.83	7.57%
$850.00	Aug 7	$21.70	$41.28	$62.98	$787.02	$912.98	7.59%
$805.00	Aug 7	$44.85	$19.42	$64.27	$740.73	$869.27	7.74%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 4.97% of stock, avg 8.33%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$855.00	$810.00	Aug 7	$20.08	$21.20	$41.28	$768.72	$896.28
$850.00	$810.00	Aug 7	$21.70	$21.20	$42.90	$767.10	$892.90
$855.00	$815.00	Aug 7	$20.08	$23.38	$43.46	$771.54	$898.46
$845.00	$810.00	Aug 7	$23.63	$21.20	$44.83	$765.17	$889.83
$850.00	$815.00	Aug 7	$21.70	$23.38	$45.08	$769.92	$895.08
$855.00	$820.00	Aug 7	$20.08	$25.63	$45.71	$774.29	$900.71
$845.00	$815.00	Aug 7	$23.63	$23.38	$47.01	$767.99	$892.01
$840.00	$810.00	Aug 7	$25.98	$21.20	$47.18	$762.82	$887.18
$850.00	$820.00	Aug 7	$21.70	$25.63	$47.33	$772.67	$897.33
$855.00	$825.00	Aug 7	$20.08	$27.90	$47.98	$777.02	$902.98

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 430 found (best R:R 49.00, avg credit $9.05)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
710/720	730/740	Aug 21	$9.80	$0.20	49.00	$710.20	$739.80
715/720	805/810	Aug 14	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$715.11	$809.89
705/710	805/810	Aug 14	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$705.13	$809.87
710/715	830/835	Aug 28	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$710.13	$834.87
690/700	710/720	Aug 21	$9.72	$0.28	34.71	$690.28	$719.72
680/690	700/710	Aug 21	$9.70	$0.30	32.33	$680.30	$709.70
710/720	750/760	Aug 21	$9.60	$0.40	24.00	$710.40	$759.60
670/680	700/710	Aug 21	$9.58	$0.42	22.81	$670.42	$709.58
720/730	750/760	Aug 21	$9.53	$0.47	20.28	$720.47	$759.53
680/690	710/720	Aug 21	$9.52	$0.48	19.83	$680.48	$719.52

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 210 found (best R:R 199.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$760.00	$770.00	$780.00	Aug 21	$0.05	$9.95	199.00
$955.00	$960.00	$965.00	Aug 7	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$770.00	$780.00	$790.00	Aug 21	$0.15	$9.85	65.67
$950.00	$955.00	$960.00	Aug 21	$0.08	$4.92	61.50
$820.00	$825.00	$830.00	Aug 28	$0.08	$4.92	61.50

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$670.00	$680.00	$690.00	Aug 21	$0.12	$9.88	82.33
$810.00	$815.00	$820.00	Aug 7	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$910.00	$915.00	$920.00	Aug 21	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$790.00	$795.00	$800.00	Sep 4	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$690.00	$700.00	$710.00	Aug 21	$0.15	$9.85	65.67

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 94 found (best net $-21.18, 91 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$755.00	$815.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$21.18	$38.82
$965.00	$990.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$5.67	$19.33
$980.00	$990.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$2.85	$7.15
$970.00	$980.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$3.07	$6.93
$980.00	$990.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$4.61	$5.39

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$715.00	$690.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$4.25	$20.75
$690.00	$675.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$5.01	$9.99
$675.00	$665.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$1.81	$8.19
$680.00	$670.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$2.09	$7.91
$690.00	$680.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$2.60	$7.40

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 163 found (best yield 6.02%, avg 1.89%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$835.00	Sep 11	$50.00	0.52	0.6%	6.02%	6.62%	1	--
$835.00	Sep 4	$47.65	0.52	0.6%	5.74%	6.34%	1	3
$840.00	Sep 4	$45.50	0.50	1.2%	5.48%	6.68%	1	8
$850.00	Sep 11	$43.00	0.48	2.4%	5.18%	7.59%	1	4
$845.00	Sep 4	$42.55	0.49	1.8%	5.13%	6.93%	2	15
$840.00	Aug 28	$41.40	0.50	1.2%	4.99%	6.19%	18	1
$835.00	Aug 28	$41.35	0.52	0.6%	4.98%	5.58%	1	1
$860.00	Sep 11	$39.10	0.45	3.6%	4.71%	8.32%	2	--
$850.00	Sep 4	$39.00	0.47	2.4%	4.70%	7.10%	--	20
$835.00	Aug 21	$38.45	0.51	0.6%	4.63%	5.23%	13	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 24,130

Total Puts 23,153

Put/Call Ratio 0.96

Net Difference 977

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 11,634

Total Puts 15,034

Put/Call Ratio 1.29

Net Difference -3,400

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 80,791

Total Puts 132,779

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.93

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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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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