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CATERPILLAR INC

$869.78 +4.79%

(8/4 10:30) ◀

Tuesday, August 4, 2026 (10:35am)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/04 10:35am) 29,872

Calls: 12,167 (41%)

Puts: 17,705 (59%)

Prior --

Calls: 5,354 (22%)

Puts: 19,108 (78%)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Calls: +127.25% (Calls)

Puts: -7.34% (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 -11.87%

Calls: -10.00%

Puts: -13.11%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/04 10:35am) $51.35M

Calls: $22.28M (43%)

Puts: $29.07M (57%)

Prior --

Calls: $14.62M (53%)

Puts: $13.09M (47%)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Calls: +52.39%

Puts: +122.09%

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 -21.81%

Calls: -30.82%

Puts: -13.15%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/04 10:35am) 1.46

Prior 1.00

Current vs Prior +45.52%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.88

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -22.69%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/04 10:35am) 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

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

Current 4.77% | 6.93%8.54% | 13.25%

Prior 7.72% | 9.13%10.30% | 14.37%

Current vs Prior -38.27% | -24.09%-17.11% | -7.85%

Prior 7-Day Avg 4.33% | 8.41%11.63% | 15.60%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +10.18% | -17.57%-26.56% | -15.09%

Prior 7-Day Eod 7.72% | 9.13%10.44% | 14.43%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -38.27% | -24.09%-18.21% | -8.19%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 20.03% | 16.78%

Calls: 22.08% | 17.76%

Puts: 17.98% | 15.80%

Prior 6.67% | 7.60%

Calls: 8.31% | 7.99%

Puts: 5.03% | 7.21%

Current vs Prior +200.30% | +120.79%

Prior 7-Day Avg 28.49% | 12.02%

Calls: 27.00% | 13.83%

Puts: 29.98% | 10.22%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -29.70% | +39.57%

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Bearish P/C ratio of 1.46 indicates protective positioning. P/C ratio rising 46% - 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)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
10:35	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:30	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:25	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:20	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:15	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:10	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:05	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
09:55	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
09:50	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
09:45	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
09:40	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	BULLISH
09:35	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 126 of results (avg 8.3%, best 3.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$700.00	Sep 18	176.40	185.20	$180.80	4.9%	--	0.92	372
$710.00	Sep 18	166.00	175.75	$170.88	5.7%	1	0.91	12
$700.00	Aug 21	168.00	178.20	$173.10	5.9%	--	0.98	47
$720.00	Sep 18	157.00	167.10	$162.05	6.2%	4	0.89	1.6K
$740.00	Sep 18	140.05	149.25	$144.65	6.4%	--	0.86	120

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$860.00	Sep 18	47.40	48.85	$48.13	3.0%	260	0.44	1.2K
$870.00	Sep 18	51.80	54.05	$52.93	4.3%	16	0.47	236
$880.00	Aug 21	39.75	42.10	$40.92	5.7%	85	0.52	941
$1040.00	Aug 21	165.00	175.00	$170.00	5.9%	2	0.95	57
$880.00	Sep 18	57.05	60.60	$58.83	6.0%	33	0.49	189

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. 237 found (avg delta 0.74, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$700.00	Aug 7	166.00	178.00	$172.00	7.0%	--	1.00	15
$730.00	Aug 7	136.00	146.70	$141.35	7.6%	2	1.00	20
$720.00	Aug 7	146.00	158.00	$152.00	7.9%	2	1.00	3
$745.00	Aug 7	120.80	133.00	$126.90	9.6%	--	1.00	15
$755.00	Aug 7	111.10	122.40	$116.75	9.7%	1	0.99	11

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$970.00	Aug 7	96.00	104.30	$100.15	8.3%	2	1.00	8
$975.00	Aug 7	101.00	110.00	$105.50	8.5%	1	1.00	20
$980.00	Aug 7	104.10	115.65	$109.88	10.5%	2	1.00	40
$1000.00	Aug 7	124.40	135.20	$129.80	8.3%	1	1.00	1
$1040.00	Aug 14	163.00	175.90	$169.45	7.6%	--	1.00	15

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 553 active (total vol 21.0K, top 1.1K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$950.00	Aug 7	1.40	2.11	$1.76	40.3%	1.1K	0.08	1.4K
$900.00	Aug 14	16.45	19.70	$18.08	18.0%	687	0.37	68
$900.00	Aug 7	8.00	9.50	$8.75	17.1%	650	0.29	1.1K
$960.00	Aug 7	0.80	1.56	$1.18	64.4%	576	0.06	516
$875.00	Aug 14	25.15	30.50	$27.83	19.2%	559	0.50	123

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$920.00	Aug 7	50.00	57.95	$53.98	14.7%	971	0.83	22
$800.00	Aug 7	1.38	2.31	$1.85	50.3%	584	0.08	659
$790.00	Aug 7	0.62	1.66	$1.14	91.2%	474	0.05	105
$830.00	Aug 7	4.70	6.60	$5.65	33.6%	416	0.19	397
$765.00	Aug 7	0.25	0.63	$0.44	86.4%	415	0.02	879

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 135 strikes (avg 40.0%, max 90.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$700.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	81.1%	46.5%	74.6%	--	387
$720.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	80.4%	46.6%	72.8%	6	1.6K
$1035.00	Aug 7	Sep 11	77.1%	45.8%	68.6%	7	84
$1030.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	75.7%	45.0%	68.2%	17	360
$1005.00	Aug 7	Sep 4	75.0%	45.3%	65.4%	8	44

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$705.00	Aug 7	Aug 28	87.5%	46.0%	90.1%	4	61
$715.00	Aug 7	Sep 11	79.7%	43.5%	83.4%	56	63
$710.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	81.7%	46.0%	77.4%	77	147
$700.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	81.1%	46.5%	74.6%	297	1.8K
$720.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	80.4%	46.6%	72.8%	84	1.0K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 432 found (best R:R 89.91, avg 5.33)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$1025.00	$1040.00	Aug 14	$0.21	$14.79	$0.21	70.43	$1025.21
$960.00	$965.00	Aug 21	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$960.12
$1015.00	$1020.00	Aug 7	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$1015.13
$1035.00	$1040.00	Aug 7	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$1035.13
$965.00	$970.00	Aug 14	$0.14	$4.86	$0.14	34.71	$965.14

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$710.00	$700.00	Aug 21	$0.11	$9.89	$0.11	89.91	$709.89
$760.00	$755.00	Aug 7	$0.10	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$759.90
$765.00	$760.00	Aug 7	$0.11	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$764.89
$747.50	$745.00	Aug 7	$0.10	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$747.40
$720.00	$710.00	Aug 21	$0.42	$9.58	$0.42	22.81	$719.58

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 557 found (best R:R 65.67, avg 2.22)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$700.00	$710.00	Aug 21	$9.82	$9.82	$0.18	54.56	$709.82
$730.00	$745.00	Aug 7	$14.45	$14.45	$0.55	26.27	$744.45
$740.00	$760.00	Aug 14	$19.12	$19.12	$0.88	21.73	$759.12
$720.00	$730.00	Aug 21	$9.47	$9.47	$0.53	17.87	$729.47
$810.00	$815.00	Aug 7	$4.72	$4.72	$0.28	16.86	$814.72

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$1000.00	$990.00	Aug 14	$9.85	$9.85	$0.15	65.67	$990.15
$990.00	$980.00	Aug 14	$9.80	$9.80	$0.20	49.00	$980.20
$970.00	$965.00	Aug 7	$4.87	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$965.13
$1040.00	$1000.00	Aug 14	$38.05	$38.05	$1.95	19.51	$1001.95
$940.00	$935.00	Aug 7	$4.75	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$935.25

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 135 found (avg debit $5.52, cheapest $0.14)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$1020.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.90	69.8%	51.6%
$1040.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.90	70.3%	55.7%
$1025.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$1.01	72.0%	53.8%
$700.00	Aug 7	Aug 21	$1.10	81.1%	52.6%
$1005.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$1.13	75.0%	51.8%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$700.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.14	81.1%	53.7%
$710.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.33	81.7%	56.4%
$720.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.39	80.4%	54.7%
$730.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.47	67.6%	51.4%
$702.50	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.53	84.9%	62.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 225 found (cheapest 4.47% of stock, avg 10.95%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$870.00	Aug 7	$20.53	$18.35	$38.88	$831.12	$908.88	4.47%
$875.00	Aug 7	$18.00	$21.68	$39.68	$835.32	$914.68	4.56%
$865.00	Aug 7	$23.10	$17.05	$40.15	$824.85	$905.15	4.62%
$860.00	Aug 7	$25.73	$14.53	$40.26	$819.74	$900.26	4.63%
$855.00	Aug 7	$28.20	$12.78	$40.98	$814.02	$895.98	4.71%
$880.00	Aug 7	$15.78	$25.25	$41.03	$838.97	$921.03	4.72%
$850.00	Aug 7	$31.50	$10.90	$42.40	$807.60	$892.40	4.87%
$885.00	Aug 7	$14.50	$27.83	$42.33	$842.67	$927.33	4.87%
$887.50	Aug 7	$13.00	$29.58	$42.58	$844.92	$930.08	4.90%
$890.00	Aug 7	$12.13	$30.53	$42.66	$847.34	$932.66	4.90%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 2.65% of stock, avg 7.46%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$890.00	$850.00	Aug 7	$12.13	$10.90	$23.03	$826.97	$913.03
$887.50	$850.00	Aug 7	$13.00	$10.90	$23.90	$826.10	$911.40
$890.00	$855.00	Aug 7	$12.13	$12.78	$24.91	$830.09	$914.91
$885.00	$850.00	Aug 7	$14.50	$10.90	$25.40	$824.60	$910.40
$887.50	$855.00	Aug 7	$13.00	$12.78	$25.78	$829.22	$913.28
$880.00	$850.00	Aug 7	$15.78	$10.90	$26.68	$823.32	$906.68
$890.00	$860.00	Aug 7	$12.13	$14.53	$26.66	$833.34	$916.66
$885.00	$855.00	Aug 7	$14.50	$12.78	$27.28	$827.72	$912.28
$887.50	$860.00	Aug 7	$13.00	$14.53	$27.53	$832.47	$915.03
$880.00	$855.00	Aug 7	$15.78	$12.78	$28.56	$826.44	$908.56

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 406 found (best R:R 77.95, avg credit $7.72)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
730/740	760/775	Sep 4	$14.81	$0.19	77.95	$725.19	$774.81
720/730	740/750	Aug 21	$9.85	$0.15	65.67	$720.15	$749.85
710/720	740/750	Aug 21	$9.84	$0.16	61.50	$710.16	$749.84
710/715	760/785	Aug 14	$24.56	$0.44	55.82	$690.44	$784.56
730/732	790/795	Aug 7	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$727.61	$794.89
700/702	740/760	Aug 14	$19.54	$0.46	42.48	$682.96	$759.54
700/710	730/740	Sep 18	$9.77	$0.23	42.48	$700.23	$739.77
730/735	740/760	Aug 14	$19.52	$0.48	40.67	$715.48	$759.52
705/708	730/745	Aug 7	$14.63	$0.37	39.54	$692.87	$744.63
730/732	770/775	Aug 7	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$727.63	$774.87

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 270 found (best R:R 199.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$1000.00	$1020.00	$1040.00	Aug 21	$0.13	$19.87	152.85
$970.00	$980.00	$990.00	Aug 21	$0.07	$9.93	141.86
$920.00	$930.00	$940.00	Sep 18	$0.08	$9.92	124.00
$840.00	$845.00	$850.00	Aug 7	$0.06	$4.94	82.33
$860.00	$865.00	$870.00	Aug 7	$0.06	$4.94	82.33

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$980.00	$990.00	$1000.00	Aug 14	$0.05	$9.95	199.00
$770.00	$780.00	$790.00	Sep 18	$0.08	$9.92	124.00
$740.00	$750.00	$760.00	Aug 21	$0.10	$9.90	99.00
$760.00	$765.00	$770.00	Sep 4	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$755.00	$760.00	$765.00	Aug 28	$0.06	$4.94	82.33

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 166 found (best net $-6.93, 158 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$950.00	$990.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$6.93	$33.07
$1020.00	$1040.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.56	$19.44
$1000.00	$1020.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$1.65	$18.35
$1025.00	$1040.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.77	$14.23
$1000.00	$1020.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$8.01	$11.99

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$735.00	$720.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$1.81	$13.19
$720.00	$710.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.63	$9.37
$710.00	$700.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.83	$9.17
$730.00	$720.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$1.04	$8.96
$740.00	$730.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$1.19	$8.81

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 181 found (best yield 6.21%, avg 1.83%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$870.00	Sep 18	$54.00	0.53	0.0%	6.21%	6.23%	11	160
$880.00	Sep 18	$50.45	0.51	1.2%	5.80%	6.98%	23	316
$890.00	Sep 18	$45.90	0.48	2.3%	5.28%	7.60%	14	183
$870.00	Sep 4	$45.15	0.53	0.0%	5.19%	5.22%	13	134
$885.00	Sep 11	$43.55	0.49	1.8%	5.01%	6.76%	6	2
$875.00	Sep 4	$43.25	0.52	0.6%	4.97%	5.57%	3	2
$900.00	Sep 18	$43.00	0.45	3.5%	4.94%	8.42%	44	358
$890.00	Sep 11	$41.50	0.47	2.3%	4.77%	7.10%	2	--
$870.00	Aug 28	$40.85	0.53	0.0%	4.70%	4.72%	3	19
$885.00	Sep 4	$40.25	0.48	1.8%	4.63%	6.38%	7	3

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 12,167

Total Puts 17,705

Put/Call Ratio 1.46

Net Difference -5,538

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)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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