Tour v490
CAT
CATERPILLAR INC
$881.72 +6.23%
(8/4 14:00) ◀
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Option Volume

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/04 2:05pm) 67,562
Calls: 28,951 (43%)
Puts: 38,611 (57%)
Prior (08/03) 38,477
Calls: 19,744 (51%)
Puts: 18,733 (49%)
Current vs Prior +75.59%
Calls: +46.63% (Calls)
Puts: +106.11% (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 +99.32%
Calls: +114.15%
Puts: +89.49%
Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/04 2:05pm) $105.48M
Calls: $61.28M (58%)
Puts: $44.20M (42%)
Prior (08/03) $78.43M
Calls: $45.37M (58%)
Puts: $33.06M (42%)
Current vs Prior +34.49%
Calls: +35.07%
Puts: +33.69%
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 +60.58%
Calls: +90.27%
Puts: +32.03%
Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/04 2:05pm) 1.33
Prior (08/03) 0.95
Current vs Prior +40.56%
Prior 7-Day Average 1.88
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -29.15%
Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/04 2:05pm) 282,032
Calls: 138,631 (49%)
Puts: 143,401 (51%)
Prior (08/03) 252,922
Calls: 123,639 (49%)
Puts: 129,283 (51%)
Current vs Prior +11.51%
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 4.53% | 6.87%8.47% | 13.48%
Prior 7.72% | 9.13%10.30% | 14.37%
Current vs Prior -41.34% | -24.70%-17.81% | -6.22%
Prior 7-Day Avg 4.33% | 8.41%11.63% | 15.60%
Current vs 7-Day Avg +4.70% | -18.23%-27.17% | -13.59%
Prior 7-Day Eod 7.72% | 9.13%10.44% | 14.43%
Current vs 7-Day Eod -41.34% | -24.70%-18.89% | -6.56%
Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail
ℹ
Expiry | Next
Current 11.71% | 11.39%
Calls: 8.59% | 10.63%
Puts: 14.83% | 12.15%
Prior 6.67% | 7.60%
Calls: 8.31% | 7.99%
Puts: 5.03% | 7.21%
Current vs Prior +75.56% | +49.87%
Prior 7-Day Avg 28.49% | 12.02%
Calls: 27.00% | 13.83%
Puts: 29.98% | 10.22%
Current vs 7-Day Avg -58.90% | -5.26%
Liquidity Expensive
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🤖 AI Insights

Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (61% higher). Above-average activity with volume up 76% vs prior. Volume explosion - 99% above 7-day average (67,562 vs avg 33,895). Bearish P/C ratio of 1.33 indicates protective 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)
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📈 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 175 of results (avg 7.9%, best 3.7%)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$760.00Aug 28127.30134.60$130.955.6%170.90--
$720.00Sep 18170.10180.00$175.055.7%40.911.6K
$820.00Sep 1892.3097.70$95.005.7%20.71269
$870.00Sep 1862.9066.60$64.755.7%250.57160
$890.00Sep 1853.6556.85$55.255.8%340.52183
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$800.00Sep 1821.1521.95$21.553.7%890.24895
$860.00Sep 1842.6044.35$43.484.0%2960.401.2K
$770.00Sep 1814.1014.80$14.454.8%6990.17795
$890.00Sep 1857.3560.20$58.784.8%240.49176
$790.00Sep 1818.5519.60$19.085.5%810.221.2K

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. 255 found (avg delta 0.74, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$730.00Aug 7149.90160.00$154.956.5%131.0020
$720.00Aug 7159.85170.00$164.936.2%20.993
$742.50Aug 7137.65147.80$142.737.1%10.99--
$745.00Aug 7135.00145.00$140.007.1%--0.9915
$750.00Aug 7130.05140.00$135.037.4%10.9922
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$1000.00Aug 7111.00122.90$116.9510.2%21.001
$1040.00Aug 14151.20162.65$156.937.3%131.0015
$980.00Aug 794.00100.65$97.336.8%20.9540
$975.00Aug 789.0095.85$92.437.4%10.9520
$970.00Aug 784.0092.15$88.089.3%20.948

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 629 active (total vol 36.2K, top 1.7K)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$950.00Aug 71.802.28$2.0423.5%1.7K0.091.4K
$900.00Aug 710.5012.20$11.3515.0%1.2K0.371.1K
$900.00Aug 1419.4523.70$21.5819.7%7470.4268
$960.00Aug 71.201.64$1.4231.0%6590.07516
$1000.00Aug 70.130.37$0.2596.0%5960.01618
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$920.00Aug 739.0546.55$42.8017.5%9730.7822
$750.00Aug 70.040.28$0.16150.0%9340.01959
$800.00Aug 70.771.22$1.0045.0%7050.04659
$770.00Sep 1814.1014.80$14.454.8%6990.17795
$790.00Aug 70.440.70$0.5745.6%6460.03105

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 137 strikes (avg 35.5%, max 92.6%)

CALLS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNear IVFar IVBack%VolOI
$720.00Aug 7Sep 1887.2%46.4%88.1%61.6K
$1045.00Aug 7Sep 476.3%46.2%64.9%3612
$1035.00Aug 7Sep 1174.3%45.3%64.2%784
$730.00Aug 7Sep 1875.2%46.3%62.3%1334
$750.00Aug 7Sep 1874.2%46.2%60.6%1137
PUTS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNear IVFar IVBack%VolOI
$710.00Aug 7Sep 1889.6%46.5%92.6%174147
$720.00Aug 7Sep 1887.2%46.4%88.1%1541.0K
$725.00Aug 7Sep 1183.7%46.4%80.2%128141
$740.00Aug 7Sep 1880.4%46.1%74.3%3081.8K
$715.00Aug 7Sep 1179.7%47.7%67.2%13663

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 449 found (best R:R 61.50, avg 5.58)

BULL CALL (5)
BuySellExpiryDebitMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$1020.00$1025.00Aug 14$0.10$4.90$0.1049.00$1020.10
$995.00$1000.00Aug 7$0.11$4.89$0.1144.45$995.11
$1045.00$1050.00Aug 7$0.12$4.88$0.1240.67$1045.12
$975.00$980.00Aug 7$0.13$4.87$0.1337.46$975.13
$965.00$970.00Aug 7$0.15$4.85$0.1532.33$965.15
BEAR PUT (5)
BuySellExpiryDebitMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$755.00$745.00Sep 11$0.16$9.84$0.1661.50$754.84
$755.00$750.00Aug 14$0.10$4.90$0.1049.00$754.90
$810.00$805.00Aug 7$0.12$4.88$0.1240.67$809.88
$745.00$740.00Aug 14$0.13$4.87$0.1337.46$744.87
$715.00$710.00Sep 4$0.14$4.86$0.1434.71$714.86

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 593 found (best R:R 75.92, avg 2.38)

BEAR CALL (5)
SellBuyExpiryCreditMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$710.00$720.00Aug 21$9.82$9.82$0.1854.56$719.82
$730.00$742.50Aug 7$12.22$12.22$0.2843.64$742.22
$760.00$780.00Aug 14$19.50$19.50$0.5039.00$779.50
$780.00$785.00Aug 7$4.83$4.83$0.1728.41$784.83
$790.00$800.00Aug 14$9.65$9.65$0.3527.57$799.65
BULL PUT (5)
SellBuyExpiryCreditMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$1000.00$990.00Aug 14$9.87$9.87$0.1375.92$990.13
$1000.00$980.00Aug 7$19.62$19.62$0.3851.63$980.38
$980.00$975.00Aug 7$4.90$4.90$0.1049.00$975.10
$1040.00$1000.00Aug 14$39.13$39.13$0.8744.98$1000.87
$1015.00$1010.00Aug 28$4.88$4.88$0.1240.67$1010.12

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 135 found (avg debit $5.91, cheapest $0.24)

CALLS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNet DebitNear IVFar IV
$1050.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.5268.6%50.8%
$1040.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.5664.7%48.7%
$1055.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.6973.5%54.4%
$1030.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.7868.9%49.8%
$1025.00Aug 7Aug 14$1.0470.8%51.3%
PUTS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNet DebitNear IVFar IV
$720.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.2487.2%55.4%
$710.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.4189.6%61.7%
$730.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.5175.0%55.8%
$725.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.6483.7%60.0%
$740.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.6480.4%55.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 245 found (cheapest 4.17% of stock, avg 10.89%)

StrikeExpiryCall$Put$TotalBE LowBE HighCost%
$887.50Aug 7$16.10$20.70$36.80$850.70$924.304.17%
$885.00Aug 7$17.60$19.55$37.15$847.85$922.154.21%
$890.00Aug 7$14.90$22.18$37.08$852.92$927.084.21%
$892.50Aug 7$13.88$23.55$37.43$855.07$929.934.25%
$880.00Aug 7$20.38$17.33$37.71$842.29$917.714.28%
$875.00Aug 7$23.08$14.75$37.83$837.17$912.834.29%
$870.00Aug 7$25.73$12.65$38.38$831.62$908.384.35%
$895.00Aug 7$13.65$25.30$38.95$856.05$933.954.42%
$897.50Aug 7$12.70$26.58$39.28$858.22$936.784.45%
$900.00Aug 7$11.35$28.03$39.38$860.62$939.384.47%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 2.61% of stock, avg 7.59%)

Call KPut KExpiryCall$Put$TotalBE LowBE High
$895.00$860.00Aug 7$13.65$9.38$23.03$836.97$918.03
$892.50$860.00Aug 7$13.88$9.38$23.26$836.74$915.76
$890.00$860.00Aug 7$14.90$9.38$24.28$835.72$914.28
$895.00$865.00Aug 7$13.65$10.85$24.50$840.50$919.50
$892.50$865.00Aug 7$13.88$10.85$24.73$840.27$917.23
$887.50$860.00Aug 7$16.10$9.38$25.48$834.52$912.98
$890.00$865.00Aug 7$14.90$10.85$25.75$839.25$915.75
$895.00$870.00Aug 7$13.65$12.65$26.30$843.70$921.30
$892.50$870.00Aug 7$13.88$12.65$26.53$843.47$919.03
$885.00$860.00Aug 7$17.60$9.38$26.98$833.02$911.98

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 374 found (best R:R 180.82, avg credit $7.60)

Put SpreadCall SpreadExpiryCreditMax LossR:RBE LowBE High
720/725760/780Aug 14$19.89$0.11180.82$705.11$779.89
730/735760/780Aug 14$19.84$0.16124.00$715.16$779.84
770/780790/800Sep 18$9.87$0.1375.92$770.13$799.87
748/750760/780Aug 14$19.66$0.3457.82$730.34$779.66
740/745760/780Aug 14$19.63$0.3753.05$725.37$779.63
748/750790/800Aug 14$9.81$0.1951.63$740.19$799.81
755/760790/800Aug 14$9.81$0.1951.63$750.19$799.81
750/755760/780Aug 14$19.60$0.4049.00$735.40$779.60
720/730780/790Aug 21$9.79$0.2146.62$720.21$789.79
720/725780/785Aug 14$4.89$0.1144.45$720.11$784.89

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 294 found (best R:R 165.67, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)
LowMidHighExpiryDebitMax GainR:R
$980.00$990.00$1000.00Aug 21$0.07$9.93141.86
$975.00$980.00$985.00Aug 7$0.05$4.9599.00
$1020.00$1025.00$1030.00Aug 28$0.05$4.9599.00
$935.00$940.00$945.00Aug 14$0.06$4.9482.33
$970.00$975.00$980.00Aug 28$0.06$4.9482.33
PUTS (5)
LowMidHighExpiryDebitMax GainR:R
$730.00$740.00$750.00Aug 21$0.06$9.94165.67
$740.00$750.00$760.00Sep 18$0.06$9.94165.67
$740.00$750.00$760.00Aug 21$0.07$9.93141.86
$720.00$730.00$740.00Sep 18$0.07$9.93141.86
$770.00$780.00$790.00Sep 18$0.07$9.93141.86

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 163 found (best net $-1.11, 157 credits)

CALLS (5)
Buy KSell KRatioExpiryNetMax Gain
$1020.00$1040.001:2Aug 21-$1.11$18.89
$1000.00$1020.001:2Aug 21-$1.73$18.27
$1000.00$1020.001:2Sep 11-$8.47$11.53
$1030.00$1040.001:2Aug 14-$0.29$9.71
$1040.00$1050.001:2Aug 14-$0.55$9.45
PUTS (5)
Buy KSell KRatioExpiryNetMax Gain
$965.00$915.001:2Sep 11-$31.72$18.28
$720.00$710.001:2Aug 21-$0.75$9.25
$730.00$720.001:2Aug 21-$0.99$9.01
$740.00$730.001:2Aug 21-$1.19$8.81
$750.00$740.001:2Aug 21-$1.61$8.39

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 181 found (best yield 6.08%, avg 1.94%)

StrikeExpiryBidDeltaOTM%Yield%If Called%VolOI
$890.00Sep 18$53.650.520.9%6.08%7.02%34183
$885.00Sep 11$50.250.520.4%5.70%6.07%62
$900.00Sep 18$48.500.492.1%5.50%7.57%138358
$890.00Sep 11$46.750.510.9%5.30%6.24%2--
$885.00Sep 4$44.450.520.4%5.04%5.41%133
$910.00Sep 18$44.000.463.2%4.99%8.20%1945
$900.00Sep 11$43.250.482.1%4.91%6.98%8--
$890.00Sep 4$43.000.510.9%4.88%5.82%33
$895.00Sep 4$41.300.491.5%4.68%6.19%14
$920.00Sep 18$40.600.444.3%4.60%8.95%451.5K

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 28,951
Total Puts 38,611
Put/Call Ratio 1.33
Net Difference -9,660

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 19,744
Total Puts 18,733
Put/Call Ratio 0.95
Net Difference 1,011

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 94,632
Total Puts 142,636
Average Put/Call Ratio 1.88
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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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