Tour v490
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CATERPILLAR INC
$883.60 +6.45%
(8/4 09:55) ◀
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Option Volume

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/04 10:00am) 16,088
Calls: 6,733 (42%)
Puts: 9,355 (58%)
Prior --
Calls: 5,354 (22%)
Puts: 19,108 (78%)
Current vs Prior +0.00%
Calls: +25.76% (Calls)
Puts: -51.04% (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 -52.54%
Calls: -50.20%
Puts: -54.09%
Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/04 10:00am) $31.49M
Calls: $15.51M (49%)
Puts: $15.98M (51%)
Prior --
Calls: $14.62M (53%)
Puts: $13.09M (47%)
Current vs Prior +0.00%
Calls: +6.07%
Puts: +22.08%
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 -52.06%
Calls: -51.85%
Puts: -52.26%
Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/04 10:00am) 1.39
Prior 1.00
Current vs Prior +38.94%
Prior 7-Day Average 1.88
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -26.19%
Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/04 10:00am) 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 5.15% | 7.04%8.40% | 12.93%
Prior 7.72% | 9.13%10.30% | 14.37%
Current vs Prior -33.26% | -22.92%-18.49% | -10.06%
Prior 7-Day Avg 4.33% | 8.41%11.63% | 15.60%
Current vs 7-Day Avg +19.13% | -16.31%-27.77% | -17.13%
Prior 7-Day Eod 7.72% | 9.13%10.44% | 14.43%
Current vs 7-Day Eod -33.26% | -22.92%-19.56% | -10.39%
Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail
ℹ
Expiry | Next
Current 20.98% | 21.30%
Calls: 16.85% | 24.15%
Puts: 25.12% | 18.46%
Prior 6.67% | 7.60%
Calls: 8.31% | 7.99%
Puts: 5.03% | 7.21%
Current vs Prior +214.54% | +180.26%
Prior 7-Day Avg 28.49% | 12.02%
Calls: 27.00% | 13.83%
Puts: 29.98% | 10.22%
Current vs 7-Day Avg -26.36% | +77.16%
Liquidity Expensive
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🤖 AI Insights

Bearish P/C ratio of 1.39 indicates protective positioning. P/C ratio rising 39% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

Smart Money BEARISH
Retail Flow BEARISH
Overall BEARISH
Dollar Volume
Option Volume
Put/Call Ratio
Open Interest
Expected Move
Current BEARISH
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
10:00BEARISHBEARISHBEARISH
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 72 of results (avg 8.5%, best 6.0%)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$830.00Aug 2871.2075.60$73.406.0%20.7334
$720.00Sep 4165.65176.30$170.986.2%--0.9510
$740.00Aug 21143.15152.95$148.056.6%--0.96498
$815.00Aug 2178.0083.40$80.706.7%30.8122
$755.00Sep 4134.10143.60$138.856.8%--0.9010
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$1040.00Sep 18156.80168.50$162.657.2%--0.8243
$1060.00Sep 18174.00187.60$180.807.5%--0.8521
$960.00Sep 1895.00102.65$98.837.7%60.67127
$980.00Aug 2198.00106.00$102.007.8%20.83127
$965.00Aug 2186.0093.05$89.537.9%--0.7822

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 7150.00161.20$155.607.2%21.0020
$745.00Aug 7134.10147.00$140.559.2%--1.0015
$750.00Aug 7130.20141.10$135.658.0%11.0022
$755.00Aug 7125.00136.40$130.708.7%--1.0011
$770.00Aug 7110.10122.00$116.0510.3%121.0013
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$1000.00Aug 7109.10121.80$115.4511.0%10.971
$1060.00Aug 21169.00183.25$176.138.1%--0.9515
$975.00Aug 788.0096.75$92.389.5%10.9420
$980.00Aug 792.00100.80$96.409.1%20.9440
$970.00Aug 783.0091.30$87.159.5%20.948

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 478 active (total vol 12.6K, top 958)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$900.00Aug 1420.4526.25$23.3524.8%6730.4468
$950.00Aug 72.763.70$3.2329.1%6080.121.4K
$900.00Aug 712.8017.45$15.1330.7%3300.401.1K
$1000.00Aug 70.300.91$0.61100.0%2800.03618
$930.00Aug 74.707.85$6.2850.2%1600.21213
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$920.00Aug 739.8047.00$43.4016.6%9580.7322
$800.00Aug 70.761.50$1.1365.5%4700.05659
$790.00Aug 70.411.00$0.7183.1%4540.03105
$765.00Aug 70.070.83$0.45168.9%4000.02879
$750.00Aug 140.012.46$1.23199.2%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 45.1%, max 99.4%)

CALLS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNear IVFar IVBack%VolOI
$1035.00Aug 7Sep 1185.5%45.6%87.3%784
$730.00Aug 7Sep 1876.8%44.6%71.9%234
$1055.00Aug 7Aug 2883.5%49.0%70.3%5107
$1010.00Aug 7Sep 1873.8%44.4%66.2%1393
$1060.00Aug 7Sep 1874.0%45.9%61.2%34227
PUTS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNear IVFar IVBack%VolOI
$715.00Aug 7Sep 1185.9%43.1%99.4%4163
$720.00Aug 7Sep 1885.2%46.3%84.0%521.0K
$735.00Aug 7Sep 1176.4%44.0%73.5%21108
$765.00Aug 7Sep 1175.2%43.6%72.3%400906
$760.00Aug 7Sep 1875.5%43.9%72.1%491.7K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 400 found (best R:R 57.82, avg 5.80)

BULL CALL (5)
BuySellExpiryDebitMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$1025.00$1040.00Aug 14$0.27$14.73$0.2754.56$1025.27
$1000.00$1020.00Aug 21$0.37$19.63$0.3753.05$1000.37
$960.00$965.00Aug 21$0.10$4.90$0.1049.00$960.10
$955.00$960.00Aug 7$0.11$4.89$0.1144.45$955.11
$1015.00$1020.00Aug 14$0.13$4.87$0.1337.46$1015.13
BEAR PUT (5)
BuySellExpiryDebitMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$740.00$730.00Aug 28$0.17$9.83$0.1757.82$739.83
$730.00$720.00Sep 4$0.19$9.81$0.1951.63$729.81
$725.00$720.00Aug 14$0.15$4.85$0.1532.33$724.85
$785.00$780.00Sep 4$0.15$4.85$0.1532.33$784.85
$730.00$720.00Sep 18$0.35$9.65$0.3527.57$729.65

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 521 found (best R:R 65.67, avg 2.02)

BEAR CALL (5)
SellBuyExpiryCreditMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$730.00$740.00Sep 18$9.85$9.85$0.1565.67$739.85
$755.00$770.00Aug 7$14.65$14.65$0.3541.86$769.65
$810.00$815.00Aug 7$4.72$4.72$0.2816.86$814.72
$760.00$785.00Aug 14$23.55$23.55$1.4516.24$783.55
$730.00$735.00Aug 14$4.67$4.67$0.3314.15$734.67
BULL PUT (5)
SellBuyExpiryCreditMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$1040.00$1000.00Aug 14$39.22$39.22$0.7850.28$1000.78
$970.00$965.00Aug 7$4.85$4.85$0.1532.33$965.15
$1020.00$1000.00Aug 21$19.38$19.38$0.6231.26$1000.62
$1000.00$980.00Aug 7$19.05$19.05$0.9520.05$980.95
$907.50$905.00Aug 7$2.37$2.37$0.1318.23$905.13

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 129 found (avg debit $5.22, cheapest $0.10)

CALLS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNet DebitNear IVFar IV
$730.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.1076.8%53.4%
$1055.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.6583.5%55.3%
$1050.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.7473.0%53.1%
$740.00Aug 14Aug 21$1.0253.5%50.7%
$1025.00Aug 7Aug 14$1.1275.6%52.5%
PUTS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNet DebitNear IVFar IV
$710.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.2874.9%57.6%
$730.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.3376.5%53.4%
$720.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.3985.2%58.2%
$740.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.5573.2%53.5%
$725.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.6173.6%58.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 212 found (cheapest 4.75% of stock, avg 10.78%)

StrikeExpiryCall$Put$TotalBE LowBE HighCost%
$887.50Aug 7$19.55$22.38$41.93$845.57$929.434.75%
$880.00Aug 7$24.03$18.00$42.03$837.97$922.034.76%
$885.00Aug 7$20.80$21.50$42.30$842.70$927.304.79%
$870.00Aug 7$29.35$13.53$42.88$827.12$912.884.85%
$895.00Aug 7$16.63$26.35$42.98$852.02$937.984.86%
$892.50Aug 7$17.52$25.63$43.15$849.35$935.654.88%
$890.00Aug 7$18.50$24.80$43.30$846.70$933.304.90%
$875.00Aug 7$27.43$15.95$43.38$831.62$918.384.91%
$897.50Aug 7$16.38$28.10$44.48$853.02$941.985.03%
$900.00Aug 7$15.13$29.28$44.41$855.59$944.415.03%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 3.04% of stock, avg 7.11%)

Call KPut KExpiryCall$Put$TotalBE LowBE High
$897.50$860.00Aug 7$16.38$10.45$26.83$833.17$924.33
$895.00$860.00Aug 7$16.63$10.45$27.08$832.92$922.08
$892.50$860.00Aug 7$17.52$10.45$27.97$832.03$920.47
$897.50$865.00Aug 7$16.38$12.20$28.58$836.42$926.08
$895.00$865.00Aug 7$16.63$12.20$28.83$836.17$923.83
$890.00$860.00Aug 7$18.50$10.45$28.95$831.05$918.95
$892.50$865.00Aug 7$17.52$12.20$29.72$835.28$922.22
$897.50$870.00Aug 7$16.38$13.53$29.91$840.09$927.41
$887.50$860.00Aug 7$19.55$10.45$30.00$830.00$917.50
$895.00$870.00Aug 7$16.63$13.53$30.16$839.84$925.16

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 368 found (best R:R 124.00, avg credit $8.48)

Put SpreadCall SpreadExpiryCreditMax LossR:RBE LowBE High
730/732755/770Aug 7$14.88$0.12124.00$717.62$769.88
750/760800/810Sep 18$9.88$0.1282.33$750.12$809.88
725/728755/770Aug 7$14.77$0.2364.22$712.73$769.77
740/742755/770Aug 7$14.77$0.2364.22$727.73$769.77
760/765805/810Sep 11$4.90$0.1049.00$760.10$809.90
710/720730/740Aug 21$9.77$0.2342.48$710.23$739.77
730/732800/805Aug 7$4.88$0.1240.67$727.62$804.88
755/760800/805Aug 7$4.87$0.1337.46$755.13$804.87
770/780810/820Sep 18$9.72$0.2834.71$770.28$819.72
730/735760/785Aug 14$24.28$0.7233.72$710.72$784.28

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 240 found (best R:R 165.67, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)
LowMidHighExpiryDebitMax GainR:R
$1020.00$1040.00$1060.00Aug 21$0.12$19.88165.67
$860.00$870.00$880.00Sep 18$0.08$9.92124.00
$940.00$945.00$950.00Aug 28$0.06$4.9482.33
$835.00$840.00$845.00Aug 7$0.10$4.9049.00
$815.00$820.00$825.00Aug 14$0.10$4.9049.00
PUTS (5)
LowMidHighExpiryDebitMax GainR:R
$760.00$770.00$780.00Sep 18$0.10$9.9099.00
$730.00$740.00$750.00Aug 21$0.12$9.8882.33
$880.00$890.00$900.00Sep 18$0.14$9.8670.43
$800.00$805.00$810.00Aug 14$0.09$4.9154.56
$740.00$750.00$760.00Aug 21$0.19$9.8151.63

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 162 found (best net $-7.95, 148 credits)

CALLS (5)
Buy KSell KRatioExpiryNetMax Gain
$850.00$915.001:2Sep 11-$7.95$57.05
$950.00$990.001:2Sep 11-$6.96$33.04
$990.00$1020.001:2Sep 11-$6.24$23.76
$1040.00$1060.001:2Aug 21-$1.23$18.77
$1020.00$1040.001:2Aug 21-$2.01$17.99
PUTS (5)
Buy KSell KRatioExpiryNetMax Gain
$800.00$770.001:2Sep 11-$3.04$26.96
$735.00$715.001:2Sep 11-$0.95$19.05
$755.00$735.001:2Sep 11-$2.07$17.93
$720.00$710.001:2Aug 21-$0.06$9.94
$730.00$720.001:2Aug 21-$0.72$9.28

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 166 found (best yield 5.86%, avg 1.75%)

StrikeExpiryBidDeltaOTM%Yield%If Called%VolOI
$890.00Sep 18$51.800.520.7%5.86%6.59%2183
$900.00Sep 18$46.350.491.9%5.25%7.10%28358
$885.00Sep 4$44.200.530.2%5.00%5.16%13
$910.00Sep 18$42.950.473.0%4.86%7.85%445
$890.00Sep 4$42.600.510.7%4.82%5.55%13
$885.00Aug 28$39.100.530.2%4.43%4.58%--65
$900.00Sep 4$38.900.481.9%4.40%6.26%411
$920.00Sep 18$38.300.434.1%4.33%8.45%241.5K
$890.00Aug 28$37.400.510.7%4.23%4.96%112
$930.00Sep 18$35.600.415.2%4.03%9.28%1553

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 6,733
Total Puts 9,355
Put/Call Ratio 1.39
Net Difference -2,622

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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