Tour v490
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CATERPILLAR INC
$892.78 +7.56%
(8/4 09:50) ◀
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Tuesday, August 4, 2026 (9:55am)
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Option Volume

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/04 9:55am) 13,491
Calls: 5,418 (40%)
Puts: 8,073 (60%)
Prior --
Calls: 5,354 (22%)
Puts: 19,108 (78%)
Current vs Prior +0.00%
Calls: +1.20% (Calls)
Puts: -57.75% (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 -60.20%
Calls: -59.92%
Puts: -60.38%
Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/04 9:55am) $26.87M
Calls: $14.46M (54%)
Puts: $12.41M (46%)
Prior --
Calls: $14.62M (53%)
Puts: $13.09M (47%)
Current vs Prior +0.00%
Calls: -1.09%
Puts: -5.20%
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 -59.09%
Calls: -55.10%
Puts: -62.93%
Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/04 9:55am) 1.49
Prior 1.00
Current vs Prior +49.00%
Prior 7-Day Average 1.88
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -20.85%
Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/04 9:55am) 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 5.07% | 6.76%8.26% | 12.93%
Prior 7.72% | 9.13%10.30% | 14.37%
Current vs Prior -34.33% | -25.94%-19.84% | -10.05%
Prior 7-Day Avg 4.33% | 8.41%11.63% | 15.60%
Current vs 7-Day Avg +17.21% | -19.58%-28.97% | -17.12%
Prior 7-Day Eod 7.72% | 9.13%10.44% | 14.43%
Current vs 7-Day Eod -34.33% | -25.94%-20.89% | -10.38%
Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail
ℹ
Expiry | Next
Current 20.05% | 23.48%
Calls: 29.91% | 24.90%
Puts: 10.20% | 22.07%
Prior 6.67% | 7.60%
Calls: 8.31% | 7.99%
Puts: 5.03% | 7.21%
Current vs Prior +200.60% | +208.95%
Prior 7-Day Avg 28.49% | 12.02%
Calls: 27.00% | 13.83%
Puts: 29.98% | 10.22%
Current vs 7-Day Avg -29.63% | +95.29%
Liquidity Expensive
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🤖 AI Insights

Bearish P/C ratio of 1.49 indicates protective positioning. P/C ratio rising 49% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH
Retail Flow BEARISH
Overall BEARISH
Dollar Volume
Option Volume
Put/Call Ratio
Open Interest
Expected Move
Current BULLISH
Prior BULLISH
7-Day Avg BEARISH
Current BEARISH
Prior NEUTRAL
7-Day Avg NEUTRAL
Current BEARISH
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
09:55BULLISHBEARISHBEARISH
09:50BULLISHBEARISHBEARISH
09:45BULLISHBEARISHBEARISH
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 77 of results (avg 8.3%, best 5.8%)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$720.00Sep 4174.75185.20$179.985.8%--0.9610
$720.00Sep 18178.20190.00$184.106.4%--0.931.6K
$720.00Aug 21171.55183.00$177.286.5%10.9865
$740.00Sep 18161.75172.60$167.186.5%--0.90120
$730.00Sep 18169.60181.00$175.306.5%--0.9214
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$1060.00Aug 21161.00171.95$166.486.6%--0.9715
$1040.00Sep 18149.00159.35$154.186.7%--0.8143
$900.00Sep 1853.7557.50$55.636.7%70.481.8K
$1060.00Sep 18166.40178.65$172.537.1%--0.8421
$960.00Sep 1889.0095.90$92.457.5%60.64127

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. 224 found (avg delta 0.74, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$730.00Aug 7158.90171.00$164.957.3%21.0020
$745.00Aug 7143.75156.00$149.888.2%--1.0015
$750.00Aug 7139.65151.00$145.327.8%11.0022
$770.00Aug 7119.50131.00$125.259.2%121.0013
$755.00Aug 7134.50146.00$140.258.2%--0.9911
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$1040.00Aug 14140.05152.85$146.458.7%--0.9815
$1000.00Aug 7101.00112.20$106.6010.5%10.981
$1060.00Aug 21161.00171.95$166.486.6%--0.9715
$980.00Aug 784.0093.00$88.5010.2%20.9440
$1040.00Aug 21141.50152.85$147.187.7%20.9457

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 455 active (total vol 10.5K, top 958)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$900.00Aug 1424.1030.55$27.3323.6%4700.5168
$950.00Aug 74.155.00$4.5818.6%4010.171.4K
$1000.00Aug 70.601.03$0.8252.4%2570.04618
$900.00Aug 717.0020.95$18.9820.8%1910.491.1K
$990.00Aug 70.621.75$1.1995.0%1580.06121
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$920.00Aug 733.0040.40$36.7020.2%9580.6622
$800.00Aug 70.661.49$1.0876.9%4560.03659
$790.00Aug 70.200.68$0.44109.1%4330.02105
$765.00Aug 70.040.90$0.47183.0%3980.02879
$750.00Aug 140.012.75$1.38198.6%3030.04280

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 130 strikes (avg 45.2%, max 110.0%)

CALLS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNear IVFar IVBack%VolOI
$1070.00Aug 7Sep 1895.6%45.5%110.0%2568
$730.00Aug 7Sep 1879.8%45.6%75.1%234
$1035.00Aug 7Sep 1179.1%45.6%73.6%784
$755.00Aug 7Sep 476.5%44.2%73.2%--21
$1050.00Aug 7Sep 1878.2%45.5%71.9%65264
PUTS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNear IVFar IVBack%VolOI
$715.00Aug 7Sep 1184.7%45.1%87.8%2363
$765.00Aug 7Sep 1181.7%43.5%87.7%398906
$735.00Aug 7Sep 1179.2%44.8%76.9%20108
$755.00Aug 7Sep 1176.5%43.5%75.8%18182
$730.00Aug 7Sep 1879.8%45.6%75.1%39224

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 396 found (best R:R 57.82, avg 5.56)

BULL CALL (5)
BuySellExpiryDebitMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$1025.00$1040.00Aug 14$0.32$14.68$0.3245.87$1025.32
$1015.00$1020.00Aug 14$0.13$4.87$0.1337.46$1015.13
$1010.00$1015.00Aug 7$0.15$4.85$0.1532.33$1010.15
$1015.00$1020.00Aug 7$0.17$4.83$0.1728.41$1015.17
$1040.00$1060.00Aug 21$0.73$19.27$0.7326.40$1040.73
BEAR PUT (5)
BuySellExpiryDebitMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$740.00$730.00Aug 28$0.17$9.83$0.1757.82$739.83
$730.00$720.00Aug 21$0.22$9.78$0.2244.45$729.78
$725.00$720.00Aug 28$0.13$4.87$0.1337.46$724.87
$775.00$770.00Aug 7$0.15$4.85$0.1532.33$774.85
$790.00$785.00Sep 4$0.15$4.85$0.1532.33$789.85

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 520 found (best R:R 110.11, avg 2.34)

BEAR CALL (5)
SellBuyExpiryCreditMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$740.00$760.00Aug 14$19.82$19.82$0.18110.11$759.82
$730.00$735.00Aug 14$4.87$4.87$0.1337.46$734.87
$815.00$820.00Aug 14$4.85$4.85$0.1532.33$819.85
$800.00$805.00Aug 7$4.80$4.80$0.2024.00$804.80
$740.00$750.00Aug 21$9.56$9.56$0.4421.73$749.56
BULL PUT (5)
SellBuyExpiryCreditMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$1060.00$1040.00Aug 21$19.30$19.30$0.7027.57$1040.70
$1040.00$1000.00Aug 14$38.35$38.35$1.6523.24$1001.65
$907.50$905.00Aug 7$2.38$2.38$0.1219.83$905.12
$1040.00$1020.00Aug 21$18.88$18.88$1.1216.86$1021.12
$1060.00$1040.00Sep 18$18.35$18.35$1.6511.12$1041.65

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 130 found (avg debit $5.18, cheapest $0.37)

CALLS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNet DebitNear IVFar IV
$1050.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.5078.2%49.1%
$1055.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.6677.6%51.3%
$730.00Aug 7Aug 14$1.0579.8%59.8%
$1070.00Aug 7Aug 14$1.1495.6%62.4%
$1040.00Aug 7Aug 14$1.1568.8%50.6%
PUTS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNet DebitNear IVFar IV
$740.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.3775.6%54.1%
$720.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.4680.4%61.9%
$725.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.5178.1%61.0%
$730.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.5179.8%59.8%
$1040.00Aug 14Aug 21$0.7350.6%47.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 208 found (cheapest 4.72% of stock, avg 10.72%)

StrikeExpiryCall$Put$TotalBE LowBE HighCost%
$887.50Aug 7$24.93$17.25$42.18$845.32$929.684.72%
$885.00Aug 7$25.45$16.80$42.25$842.75$927.254.73%
$890.00Aug 7$23.90$18.52$42.42$847.58$932.424.75%
$892.50Aug 7$22.23$20.38$42.61$849.89$935.114.77%
$880.00Aug 7$28.15$14.85$43.00$837.00$923.004.82%
$900.00Aug 7$18.98$24.05$43.03$856.97$943.034.82%
$897.50Aug 7$20.30$22.78$43.08$854.42$940.584.83%
$902.50Aug 7$17.88$25.35$43.23$859.27$945.734.84%
$910.00Aug 7$13.70$29.73$43.43$866.57$953.434.86%
$895.00Aug 7$20.80$23.03$43.83$851.17$938.834.91%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 170 found (cheapest 3.47% of stock, avg 7.05%)

Call KPut KExpiryCall$Put$TotalBE LowBE High
$910.00$887.50Aug 7$13.70$17.25$30.95$856.55$940.95
$910.00$890.00Aug 7$13.70$18.52$32.22$857.78$942.22
$907.50$887.50Aug 7$15.25$17.25$32.50$855.00$940.00
$1035.00$825.00Sep 11$12.52$20.98$33.50$791.50$1068.50
$907.50$890.00Aug 7$15.25$18.52$33.77$856.23$941.27
$910.00$892.50Aug 7$13.70$20.38$34.08$858.42$944.08
$905.00$887.50Aug 7$17.20$17.25$34.45$853.05$939.45
$1020.00$825.00Sep 11$13.88$20.98$34.86$790.14$1054.86
$902.50$887.50Aug 7$17.88$17.25$35.13$852.37$937.63
$907.50$892.50Aug 7$15.25$20.38$35.63$856.87$943.13

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 342 found (best R:R 146.06, avg credit $8.92)

Put SpreadCall SpreadExpiryCreditMax LossR:RBE LowBE High
740/745760/785Aug 14$24.83$0.17146.06$720.17$784.83
740/750760/770Aug 21$9.89$0.1189.91$740.11$769.89
730/740760/770Aug 21$9.87$0.1375.92$730.13$769.87
740/745785/810Aug 14$24.56$0.4455.82$720.44$809.56
730/735760/785Aug 14$24.52$0.4851.08$710.48$784.52
720/730740/750Aug 21$9.78$0.2244.45$720.22$749.78
748/750760/785Aug 14$24.39$0.6139.98$725.61$784.39
725/728795/800Aug 7$4.86$0.1434.71$722.64$799.86
780/782795/800Aug 7$4.86$0.1434.71$777.64$799.86
720/730790/800Aug 21$9.72$0.2834.71$720.28$799.72

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 232 found (best R:R 124.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)
LowMidHighExpiryDebitMax GainR:R
$825.00$830.00$835.00Aug 7$0.05$4.9599.00
$760.00$785.00$810.00Aug 14$0.27$24.7391.59
$1005.00$1010.00$1015.00Aug 7$0.09$4.9154.56
$870.00$875.00$880.00Aug 28$0.10$4.9049.00
$830.00$840.00$850.00Sep 18$0.24$9.7640.67
PUTS (5)
LowMidHighExpiryDebitMax GainR:R
$940.00$960.00$980.00Sep 18$0.16$19.84124.00
$920.00$925.00$930.00Aug 21$0.05$4.9599.00
$860.00$865.00$870.00Aug 7$0.07$4.9370.43
$720.00$725.00$730.00Aug 28$0.07$4.9370.43
$815.00$820.00$825.00Sep 4$0.07$4.9370.43

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 159 found (best net $-1.46, 144 credits)

CALLS (5)
Buy KSell KRatioExpiryNetMax Gain
$850.00$925.001:2Sep 11-$1.46$73.54
$925.00$990.001:2Sep 11-$1.38$63.62
$990.00$1020.001:2Sep 11-$7.33$22.67
$1020.00$1040.001:2Aug 21-$1.42$18.58
$1040.00$1060.001:2Aug 21-$1.84$18.16
PUTS (5)
Buy KSell KRatioExpiryNetMax Gain
$800.00$770.001:2Sep 11-$3.09$26.91
$735.00$715.001:2Sep 11-$1.26$18.74
$755.00$735.001:2Sep 11-$3.38$16.62
$730.00$720.001:2Aug 21-$0.71$9.29
$740.00$730.001:2Aug 21-$0.74$9.26

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 154 found (best yield 5.87%, avg 1.68%)

StrikeExpiryBidDeltaOTM%Yield%If Called%VolOI
$900.00Sep 18$52.450.530.8%5.87%6.68%22358
$910.00Sep 18$47.000.501.9%5.26%7.19%445
$920.00Sep 18$43.650.473.0%4.89%7.94%241.5K
$900.00Sep 4$42.650.520.8%4.78%5.59%411
$895.00Aug 28$39.050.540.2%4.37%4.62%19
$930.00Sep 18$38.950.444.2%4.36%8.53%1553
$900.00Aug 28$37.250.520.8%4.17%4.98%1537
$940.00Sep 18$36.000.425.3%4.03%9.32%13348
$915.00Sep 4$34.950.472.5%3.91%6.40%--17
$925.00Sep 11$34.950.453.6%3.91%7.52%11

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 5,418
Total Puts 8,073
Put/Call Ratio 1.49
Net Difference -2,655

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 Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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