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CATERPILLAR INC
$918.00 +10.60%
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Option Volume

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/04 9:40am) 5,876
Calls: 2,998 (51%)
Puts: 2,878 (49%)
Prior --
Calls: 5,354 (22%)
Puts: 19,108 (78%)
Current vs Prior +0.00%
Calls: -44.00% (Calls)
Puts: -84.94% (Puts)
Prior 7-Day Total 237,268
Calls: 94,632 (40%)
Puts: 142,636 (60%)
Prior 7-Day Average 33,895
Calls: 13,518 (40%)
Puts: 20,376 (60%)
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -82.66%
Calls: -77.82%
Puts: -85.88%
Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/04 9:40am) $14.99M
Calls: $12.51M (83%)
Puts: $2.48M (17%)
Prior --
Calls: $14.62M (53%)
Puts: $13.09M (47%)
Current vs Prior +0.00%
Calls: -14.41%
Puts: -81.08%
Prior 7-Day Total $459.78M
Calls: $225.44M (49%)
Puts: $234.34M (51%)
Prior 7-Day Average $65.68M
Calls: $32.21M (49%)
Puts: $33.48M (51%)
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -77.18%
Calls: -61.14%
Puts: -92.60%
Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/04 9:40am) 0.96
Prior 1.00
Current vs Prior -4.00%
Prior 7-Day Average 1.88
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -49.00%
Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/04 9:40am) 282,032
Calls: 138,631 (49%)
Puts: 143,401 (51%)
Prior --
Calls: -- (--)
Puts: -- (--)
Current vs Prior +0.00%
Prior 7-Day Total 1,832,627
Calls: 893,172 (49%)
Puts: 939,455 (51%)
Prior 7-Day Average 261,803
Calls: 127,596 (49%)
Puts: 134,207 (51%)
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +7.73%
Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail
ℹ
Expiry (08/07) | Next (08/14)Expiry (08/21) | Next (09/18)
Current 5.02% | 6.96%8.60% | 13.19%
Prior 7.72% | 9.13%10.30% | 14.37%
Current vs Prior -34.95% | -23.81%-16.54% | -8.24%
Prior 7-Day Avg 4.33% | 8.41%11.63% | 15.60%
Current vs 7-Day Avg +16.10% | -17.27%-26.05% | -15.45%
Prior 7-Day Eod 7.72% | 9.13%10.44% | 14.43%
Current vs 7-Day Eod -34.95% | -23.81%-17.64% | -8.58%
Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail
ℹ
Expiry | Next
Current 17.53% | 22.70%
Calls: 22.73% | 22.82%
Puts: 12.33% | 22.59%
Prior 6.67% | 7.60%
Calls: 8.31% | 7.99%
Puts: 5.03% | 7.21%
Current vs Prior +162.82% | +198.68%
Prior 7-Day Avg 28.49% | 12.02%
Calls: 27.00% | 13.83%
Puts: 29.98% | 10.22%
Current vs 7-Day Avg -38.47% | +88.81%
Liquidity Expensive
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🤖 AI Insights

Strong bullish conviction with 83% of dollar volume in calls ($12.51M) vs puts ($2.48M).

Smart Money BULLISH
Retail Flow NEUTRAL
Overall BULLISH
Dollar Volume
Option Volume
Put/Call Ratio
Open Interest
Expected Move
Current BULLISH
Prior BULLISH
7-Day Avg BEARISH
Current NEUTRAL
Prior NEUTRAL
7-Day Avg NEUTRAL
Current NEUTRAL
Prior NEUTRAL
7-Day Avg NEUTRAL
Current NEUTRAL
Prior NEUTRAL
7-Day Avg NEUTRAL
Current BEARISH
Prior BULLISH
7-Day Avg BULLISH
Sentiment Timeline (Today)
TimeSmart MoneyRetailOverall
09:40BULLISHNEUTRALBULLISH
09:35BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

📈 Options Analysis

🎯 Tightest Spreads
💰 Best Value Under $1
📊 High Delta (ITM)
🔥 High Volume
⏰ Backwardation
📈 Debit Spreads
📉 Credit Spreads
📅 Calendar Spreads
⚡ Straddles
🔀 Strangles
🦅 Iron Condors
🦋 Butterflies
⚖️ Ratio Spreads
🛡️ Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 106 of results (avg 8.2%, best 4.0%)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$850.00Sep 1898.00102.00$100.004.0%80.721.7K
$750.00Sep 18176.00185.15$180.585.1%100.9115
$740.00Sep 18185.00195.00$190.005.3%--0.91120
$760.00Sep 4162.45172.45$167.456.0%10.92--
$740.00Aug 21176.70188.00$182.356.2%--0.97498
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$1080.00Sep 18163.00174.00$168.506.5%--0.8313
$1000.00Sep 18101.00108.00$104.506.7%10.67106
$1100.00Sep 18180.05193.65$186.857.3%--0.8653
$1080.00Aug 21156.00168.20$162.107.5%10.9410
$1000.00Aug 2187.0093.85$90.437.6%20.79116

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. 217 found (avg delta 0.75, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$745.00Aug 7169.55180.50$175.036.3%--1.0015
$750.00Aug 7163.40176.00$169.707.4%--1.0022
$755.00Aug 7159.60171.00$165.306.9%--1.0011
$770.00Aug 7144.25156.00$150.137.8%120.9913
$775.00Aug 7139.60151.00$145.307.8%120.9912
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$1040.00Aug 14116.00129.35$122.6810.9%--0.9415
$1080.00Aug 21156.00168.20$162.107.5%10.9410
$1000.00Aug 779.0086.90$82.959.5%10.931
$1060.00Aug 21137.00148.20$142.607.9%--0.9115
$1040.00Aug 21118.00131.50$124.7510.8%20.8957

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 359 active (total vol 4.3K, top 301)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$900.00Aug 1438.3546.00$42.1818.1%2850.6268
$950.00Aug 78.009.50$8.7517.1%2480.291.4K
$1000.00Aug 71.722.07$1.9018.4%2020.08618
$900.00Aug 729.8035.00$32.4016.0%1210.651.1K
$880.00Aug 1451.5559.00$55.2813.5%940.71529
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$750.00Aug 140.020.99$0.51190.2%3010.01280
$830.00Aug 71.001.50$1.2540.0%1310.05397
$740.00Aug 70.030.08$0.0683.3%860.001.3K
$750.00Aug 70.030.10$0.07100.0%810.00959
$800.00Aug 214.455.35$4.9018.4%460.091.6K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 127 strikes (avg 43.7%, max 110.9%)

CALLS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNear IVFar IVBack%VolOI
$1065.00Aug 7Sep 495.3%45.2%110.9%160
$1070.00Aug 7Sep 1889.6%44.2%102.6%2568
$1055.00Aug 7Aug 2890.3%45.1%100.4%--107
$1080.00Aug 7Sep 1883.8%44.0%90.6%2397
$1090.00Aug 7Aug 14106.1%63.0%68.5%173
PUTS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNear IVFar IVBack%VolOI
$735.00Aug 7Sep 1188.0%46.8%88.0%14108
$755.00Aug 7Sep 1178.9%45.8%72.1%11182
$775.00Aug 7Sep 479.4%46.2%71.8%20121
$740.00Aug 7Sep 1883.0%48.9%69.7%981.8K
$770.00Aug 7Sep 1879.5%46.9%69.4%321.1K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 368 found (best R:R 49.00, avg 4.66)

BULL CALL (5)
BuySellExpiryDebitMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$1090.00$1100.00Aug 14$0.25$9.75$0.2539.00$1090.25
$1000.00$1005.00Aug 7$0.14$4.86$0.1434.71$1000.14
$1020.00$1025.00Aug 7$0.15$4.85$0.1532.33$1020.15
$1080.00$1100.00Aug 21$0.76$19.24$0.7625.32$1080.76
$970.00$975.00Aug 7$0.20$4.80$0.2024.00$970.20
BEAR PUT (5)
BuySellExpiryDebitMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$840.00$835.00Aug 7$0.10$4.90$0.1049.00$839.90
$790.00$780.00Aug 21$0.23$9.77$0.2342.48$789.77
$795.00$792.50Aug 7$0.11$2.39$0.1121.73$794.89
$825.00$820.00Aug 7$0.22$4.78$0.2221.73$824.78
$865.00$860.00Aug 7$0.22$4.78$0.2221.73$864.78

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 493 found (best R:R 152.85, avg 2.43)

BEAR CALL (5)
SellBuyExpiryCreditMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$740.00$760.00Aug 14$19.87$19.87$0.13152.85$759.87
$740.00$760.00Aug 21$19.45$19.45$0.5535.36$759.45
$860.00$865.00Aug 7$4.85$4.85$0.1532.33$864.85
$770.00$775.00Aug 7$4.83$4.83$0.1728.41$774.83
$825.00$830.00Aug 28$4.82$4.82$0.1826.78$829.82
BULL PUT (5)
SellBuyExpiryCreditMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$1080.00$1060.00Aug 21$19.50$19.50$0.5039.00$1060.50
$1100.00$1080.00Sep 18$18.35$18.35$1.6511.12$1081.65
$1000.00$980.00Aug 7$18.07$18.07$1.939.36$981.93
$1040.00$1000.00Aug 14$35.88$35.88$4.128.71$1004.12
$1060.00$1040.00Aug 21$17.85$17.85$2.158.30$1042.15

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 127 found (avg debit $5.96, cheapest $0.25)

CALLS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNet DebitNear IVFar IV
$1070.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.2589.6%52.3%
$1090.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.54106.1%63.0%
$1065.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.7395.3%57.5%
$1055.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.9090.3%55.3%
$740.00Aug 14Aug 21$1.6057.2%53.1%
PUTS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNet DebitNear IVFar IV
$740.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.2683.0%57.2%
$760.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.3178.8%55.3%
$755.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.3978.9%56.0%
$750.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.4479.6%57.7%
$747.50Aug 7Aug 14$0.5795.0%63.3%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 194 found (cheapest 4.75% of stock, avg 10.99%)

StrikeExpiryCall$Put$TotalBE LowBE HighCost%
$920.00Aug 7$21.68$21.90$43.58$876.42$963.584.75%
$915.00Aug 7$24.20$19.65$43.85$871.15$958.854.78%
$930.00Aug 7$16.50$27.58$44.08$885.92$974.084.80%
$925.00Aug 7$19.50$24.65$44.15$880.85$969.154.81%
$910.00Aug 7$26.83$17.58$44.41$865.59$954.414.84%
$907.50Aug 7$28.13$16.70$44.83$862.67$952.334.88%
$905.00Aug 7$29.65$15.43$45.08$859.92$950.084.91%
$900.00Aug 7$32.40$13.50$45.90$854.10$945.905.00%
$935.00Aug 7$15.20$30.85$46.05$888.95$981.055.02%
$902.50Aug 7$31.58$14.75$46.33$856.17$948.835.05%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 165 found (cheapest 2.88% of stock, avg 6.85%)

Call KPut KExpiryCall$Put$TotalBE LowBE High
$945.00$905.00Aug 7$11.05$15.43$26.48$878.52$971.48
$945.00$907.50Aug 7$11.05$16.70$27.75$879.75$972.75
$940.00$905.00Aug 7$12.93$15.43$28.36$876.64$968.36
$945.00$910.00Aug 7$11.05$17.58$28.63$881.37$973.63
$940.00$907.50Aug 7$12.93$16.70$29.63$877.87$969.63
$940.00$910.00Aug 7$12.93$17.58$30.51$879.49$970.51
$935.00$905.00Aug 7$15.20$15.43$30.63$874.37$965.63
$945.00$915.00Aug 7$11.05$19.65$30.70$884.30$975.70
$1035.00$815.00Sep 11$16.65$14.95$31.60$783.40$1066.60
$935.00$907.50Aug 7$15.20$16.70$31.90$875.60$966.90

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 277 found (best R:R 112.64, avg credit $9.41)

Put SpreadCall SpreadExpiryCreditMax LossR:RBE LowBE High
760/765785/810Aug 14$24.78$0.22112.64$740.22$809.78
760/770780/790Aug 21$9.86$0.1470.43$760.14$789.86
760/770840/850Sep 18$9.81$0.1951.63$760.19$849.81
805/810840/850Aug 28$9.80$0.2049.00$800.20$849.80
805/810830/840Aug 28$9.78$0.2244.45$800.22$839.78
760/770780/790Sep 18$9.78$0.2244.45$760.22$789.78
780/785820/825Aug 28$4.88$0.1240.67$780.12$824.88
770/780800/810Sep 18$9.75$0.2539.00$770.25$809.75
792/795800/805Aug 7$4.86$0.1434.71$790.14$804.86
775/780825/830Aug 14$4.85$0.1532.33$775.15$829.85

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 224 found (best R:R 199.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)
LowMidHighExpiryDebitMax GainR:R
$1060.00$1070.00$1080.00Sep 18$0.07$9.93141.86
$850.00$855.00$860.00Aug 7$0.05$4.9599.00
$760.00$785.00$810.00Aug 14$0.26$24.7495.15
$915.00$920.00$925.00Aug 21$0.06$4.9482.33
$1030.00$1035.00$1040.00Aug 7$0.09$4.9154.56
PUTS (5)
LowMidHighExpiryDebitMax GainR:R
$740.00$750.00$760.00Aug 21$0.05$9.95199.00
$875.00$880.00$885.00Aug 28$0.06$4.9482.33
$900.00$910.00$920.00Sep 18$0.13$9.8775.92
$855.00$860.00$865.00Aug 14$0.07$4.9370.43
$840.00$845.00$850.00Aug 7$0.08$4.9261.50

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 147 found (best net $-0.73, 136 credits)

CALLS (5)
Buy KSell KRatioExpiryNetMax Gain
$925.00$990.001:2Sep 11-$0.73$64.27
$1070.00$1100.001:2Sep 4-$1.67$28.33
$1060.00$1080.001:2Aug 21-$0.42$19.58
$1040.00$1065.001:2Sep 4-$5.50$19.50
$1080.00$1100.001:2Aug 28-$0.62$19.38
PUTS (5)
Buy KSell KRatioExpiryNetMax Gain
$800.00$770.001:2Sep 11-$2.26$27.74
$755.00$735.001:2Sep 11-$2.37$17.63
$850.00$830.001:2Sep 4-$10.06$9.94
$750.00$740.001:2Aug 21-$0.55$9.45
$760.00$750.001:2Aug 21-$1.05$8.95

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 130 found (best yield 6.19%, avg 1.83%)

StrikeExpiryBidDeltaOTM%Yield%If Called%VolOI
$920.00Sep 18$56.800.530.2%6.19%6.41%101.5K
$930.00Sep 18$52.050.511.3%5.67%6.98%553
$925.00Sep 11$48.650.520.8%5.30%6.06%11
$940.00Sep 18$47.050.482.4%5.13%7.52%6348
$925.00Sep 4$43.950.510.8%4.79%5.55%--92
$950.00Sep 18$43.000.463.5%4.68%8.17%266
$930.00Sep 4$41.850.501.3%4.56%5.87%--12
$920.00Aug 28$41.300.530.2%4.50%4.72%19
$925.00Aug 28$39.050.510.8%4.25%5.02%4913
$960.00Sep 18$39.050.434.6%4.25%8.83%--349

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM) Total Volume Call Volume Put Volume Volume Change
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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 2,998
Total Puts 2,878
Put/Call Ratio 0.96
Net Difference 120

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 5,354
Total Puts 19,108
Put/Call Ratio 1.00
Net Difference -13,754

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 94,632
Total Puts 142,636
Average Put/Call Ratio 1.88
Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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