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CATERPILLAR INC
$889.35 +7.15%
(8/4 14:06) ◀
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Option Volume

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/04 3:00pm) 72,383
Calls: 31,047 (43%)
Puts: 41,336 (57%)
Prior --
Calls: 5,354 (22%)
Puts: 19,108 (78%)
Current vs Prior +0.00%
Calls: +479.88% (Calls)
Puts: +116.33% (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 +113.55%
Calls: +129.66%
Puts: +102.86%
Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/04 3:00pm) $111.66M
Calls: $67.43M (60%)
Puts: $44.23M (40%)
Prior --
Calls: $14.62M (53%)
Puts: $13.09M (47%)
Current vs Prior +0.00%
Calls: +361.19%
Puts: +237.89%
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 +70.00%
Calls: +109.36%
Puts: +32.14%
Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/04 3:00pm) 1.33
Prior 1.00
Current vs Prior +33.14%
Prior 7-Day Average 1.88
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -29.27%
Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/04 3:00pm) 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 4.47% | 6.60%8.35% | 13.18%
Prior 7.72% | 9.13%10.30% | 14.37%
Current vs Prior -42.09% | -27.68%-18.96% | -8.32%
Prior 7-Day Avg 4.33% | 8.41%11.63% | 15.60%
Current vs 7-Day Avg +3.36% | -21.48%-28.19% | -15.52%
Prior 7-Day Eod 7.72% | 9.13%10.44% | 14.43%
Current vs 7-Day Eod -42.09% | -27.68%-20.03% | -8.66%
Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail
ℹ
Expiry | Next
Current 21.59% | 17.73%
Calls: 19.87% | 19.77%
Puts: 23.31% | 15.69%
Prior 6.67% | 7.60%
Calls: 8.31% | 7.99%
Puts: 5.03% | 7.21%
Current vs Prior +223.69% | +133.29%
Prior 7-Day Avg 28.49% | 12.02%
Calls: 27.00% | 13.83%
Puts: 29.98% | 10.22%
Current vs 7-Day Avg -24.22% | +47.47%
Liquidity Expensive
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Moderately bullish flow with 60% call dollar volume ($67.43M). Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (70% higher). Volume explosion - 114% above 7-day average (72,383 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)
TimeSmart MoneyRetailOverall
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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 135 of results (avg 8.1%, best 2.9%)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$890.00Sep 1857.3559.05$58.202.9%350.53183
$900.00Sep 1852.3554.00$53.183.1%1400.50358
$1000.00Sep 1819.6020.70$20.155.5%1930.261.9K
$840.00Aug 752.0055.00$53.505.6%720.8585
$720.00Sep 4168.00178.35$173.186.0%--0.9410
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$1060.00Sep 18174.50185.00$179.755.8%--0.8521
$1060.00Aug 21168.35179.00$173.686.1%--0.9515
$1040.00Aug 21149.60159.75$154.686.6%20.9357
$1040.00Sep 18156.90167.80$162.356.7%10.8243
$965.00Sep 1194.20100.75$97.486.7%20.69--

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. 254 found (avg delta 0.74, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$720.00Aug 7162.00174.00$168.007.1%21.003
$730.00Aug 7152.00163.25$157.637.1%131.0020
$742.50Aug 7140.00149.00$144.506.2%11.00--
$745.00Aug 7137.00148.35$142.688.0%--1.0015
$750.00Aug 7132.00143.65$137.828.5%11.0022
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$1000.00Aug 7108.10118.95$113.539.6%20.981
$1040.00Aug 14148.15159.00$153.577.1%130.9715
$980.00Aug 788.1596.00$92.088.5%20.9640
$975.00Aug 783.4091.00$87.208.7%10.9520
$1060.00Aug 21168.35179.00$173.686.1%--0.9515

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 635 active (total vol 38.7K, top 1.7K)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$950.00Aug 71.762.60$2.1838.5%1.7K0.101.4K
$900.00Aug 713.0014.60$13.8011.6%1.4K0.411.1K
$900.00Aug 1421.8025.95$23.8817.4%7500.4568
$990.00Aug 70.340.55$0.4546.7%6990.03121
$960.00Aug 71.092.05$1.5761.1%6740.07516
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$920.00Aug 735.5042.90$39.2018.9%9740.7322
$750.00Aug 70.100.26$0.1888.9%9410.01959
$780.00Aug 70.300.50$0.4050.0%8220.02809
$800.00Aug 70.621.01$0.8247.6%7750.04659
$770.00Sep 1812.7513.80$13.287.9%7590.16795

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 138 strikes (avg 36.8%, max 88.9%)

CALLS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNear IVFar IVBack%VolOI
$720.00Aug 7Sep 1888.7%47.1%88.4%61.6K
$750.00Aug 7Sep 1878.2%46.1%69.7%1137
$1065.00Aug 7Sep 475.3%44.5%69.3%3060
$730.00Aug 7Sep 1877.6%46.7%66.1%1334
$755.00Aug 7Sep 477.0%46.5%65.5%1121
PUTS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNear IVFar IVBack%VolOI
$715.00Aug 7Sep 1182.3%43.6%88.9%16563
$720.00Aug 7Sep 1888.7%47.1%88.4%1561.0K
$725.00Aug 7Sep 1186.5%46.5%86.0%154141
$740.00Aug 7Sep 1879.0%46.4%70.4%3341.8K
$750.00Aug 7Sep 1878.2%46.1%69.7%1.2K1.3K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 449 found (best R:R 44.45, avg 4.94)

BULL CALL (5)
BuySellExpiryDebitMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$1030.00$1040.00Aug 14$0.22$9.78$0.2244.45$1030.22
$970.00$975.00Aug 7$0.12$4.88$0.1240.67$970.12
$995.00$1000.00Aug 7$0.12$4.88$0.1240.67$995.12
$1035.00$1040.00Aug 7$0.12$4.88$0.1240.67$1035.12
$1020.00$1025.00Aug 14$0.15$4.85$0.1532.33$1020.15
BEAR PUT (5)
BuySellExpiryDebitMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$740.00$735.00Aug 28$0.18$4.82$0.1826.78$739.82
$810.00$805.00Aug 7$0.19$4.81$0.1925.32$809.81
$745.00$740.00Aug 14$0.19$4.81$0.1925.32$744.81
$780.00$775.00Aug 14$0.19$4.81$0.1925.32$779.81
$750.00$740.00Aug 21$0.40$9.60$0.4024.00$749.60

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 591 found (best R:R 40.67, avg 2.05)

BEAR CALL (5)
SellBuyExpiryCreditMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$775.00$780.00Aug 7$4.88$4.88$0.1240.67$779.88
$745.00$750.00Aug 7$4.86$4.86$0.1434.71$749.86
$740.00$760.00Aug 14$19.17$19.17$0.8323.10$759.17
$815.00$820.00Aug 7$4.73$4.73$0.2717.52$819.73
$750.00$760.00Aug 21$9.37$9.37$0.6314.87$759.37
BULL PUT (5)
SellBuyExpiryCreditMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$980.00$975.00Aug 7$4.88$4.88$0.1240.67$975.12
$1040.00$1000.00Aug 14$38.87$38.87$1.1334.40$1001.13
$935.00$930.00Aug 7$4.80$4.80$0.2024.00$930.20
$1040.00$1020.00Aug 21$19.18$19.18$0.8223.39$1020.82
$975.00$970.00Aug 7$4.77$4.77$0.2320.74$970.23

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 138 found (avg debit $5.70, cheapest $0.36)

CALLS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNet DebitNear IVFar IV
$1060.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.5370.4%51.8%
$1050.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.5869.2%50.4%
$1040.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.6167.8%48.6%
$1055.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.6972.3%52.9%
$1065.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.7075.3%55.4%
PUTS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNet DebitNear IVFar IV
$720.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.3688.7%58.9%
$730.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.5177.6%57.3%
$725.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.6486.5%61.7%
$740.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.6879.0%56.8%
$747.50Aug 7Aug 14$0.8178.8%56.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 246 found (cheapest 4.22% of stock, avg 10.83%)

StrikeExpiryCall$Put$TotalBE LowBE HighCost%
$895.00Aug 7$14.90$22.60$37.50$857.50$932.504.22%
$887.50Aug 7$19.38$18.50$37.88$849.62$925.384.26%
$880.00Aug 7$23.08$14.93$38.01$841.99$918.014.27%
$892.50Aug 7$16.65$21.35$38.00$854.50$930.504.27%
$897.50Aug 7$14.80$23.55$38.35$859.15$935.854.31%
$875.00Aug 7$25.85$12.80$38.65$836.35$913.654.35%
$885.00Aug 7$21.45$17.35$38.80$846.20$923.804.36%
$890.00Aug 7$18.38$20.38$38.76$851.24$928.764.36%
$900.00Aug 7$13.80$25.28$39.08$860.92$939.084.39%
$902.50Aug 7$12.50$26.70$39.20$863.30$941.704.41%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 2.79% of stock, avg 7.64%)

Call KPut KExpiryCall$Put$TotalBE LowBE High
$900.00$870.00Aug 7$13.80$11.05$24.85$845.15$924.85
$897.50$870.00Aug 7$14.80$11.05$25.85$844.15$923.35
$895.00$870.00Aug 7$14.90$11.05$25.95$844.05$920.95
$900.00$875.00Aug 7$13.80$12.80$26.60$848.40$926.60
$897.50$875.00Aug 7$14.80$12.80$27.60$847.40$925.10
$892.50$870.00Aug 7$16.65$11.05$27.70$842.30$920.20
$895.00$875.00Aug 7$14.90$12.80$27.70$847.30$922.70
$900.00$880.00Aug 7$13.80$14.93$28.73$851.27$928.73
$890.00$870.00Aug 7$18.38$11.05$29.43$840.57$919.43
$892.50$875.00Aug 7$16.65$12.80$29.45$845.55$921.95

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 380 found (best R:R 82.33, avg credit $7.47)

Put SpreadCall SpreadExpiryCreditMax LossR:RBE LowBE High
730/740750/760Aug 21$9.88$0.1282.33$730.12$759.88
720/730750/760Aug 21$9.83$0.1757.82$720.17$759.83
720/730740/750Aug 21$9.79$0.2146.62$720.21$749.79
730/735740/760Aug 14$19.50$0.5039.00$715.50$759.50
720/725740/760Aug 14$19.46$0.5436.04$705.54$759.46
760/765790/800Aug 14$9.70$0.3032.33$755.30$799.70
770/775790/800Aug 14$9.67$0.3329.30$765.33$799.67
720/730740/750Sep 18$9.67$0.3329.30$720.33$749.67
760/770780/790Sep 18$9.67$0.3329.30$760.33$789.67
730/740760/770Aug 21$9.64$0.3626.78$730.36$769.64

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 297 found (best R:R 284.71, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)
LowMidHighExpiryDebitMax GainR:R
$1020.00$1040.00$1060.00Aug 21$0.07$19.93284.71
$720.00$730.00$740.00Sep 18$0.06$9.94165.67
$760.00$770.00$780.00Aug 21$0.08$9.92124.00
$940.00$945.00$950.00Sep 4$0.05$4.9599.00
$1055.00$1060.00$1065.00Aug 7$0.06$4.9482.33
PUTS (5)
LowMidHighExpiryDebitMax GainR:R
$790.00$800.00$810.00Sep 11$0.06$9.94165.67
$820.00$825.00$830.00Aug 21$0.05$4.9599.00
$920.00$930.00$940.00Aug 28$0.10$9.9099.00
$830.00$840.00$850.00Sep 18$0.10$9.9099.00
$1020.00$1040.00$1060.00Sep 18$0.20$19.8099.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 165 found (best net $-0.64, 161 credits)

CALLS (5)
Buy KSell KRatioExpiryNetMax Gain
$1040.00$1060.001:2Aug 21-$0.64$19.36
$1020.00$1040.001:2Aug 21-$1.50$18.50
$1000.00$1020.001:2Aug 21-$1.70$18.30
$1040.00$1060.001:2Sep 11-$5.19$14.81
$1050.00$1065.001:2Sep 4-$2.61$12.39
PUTS (5)
Buy KSell KRatioExpiryNetMax Gain
$965.00$915.001:2Sep 11-$33.12$16.88
$730.00$720.001:2Aug 21-$0.70$9.30
$740.00$730.001:2Aug 21-$1.11$8.89
$750.00$740.001:2Aug 21-$1.73$8.27
$760.00$750.001:2Aug 21-$2.02$7.98

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 177 found (best yield 6.45%, avg 1.86%)

StrikeExpiryBidDeltaOTM%Yield%If Called%VolOI
$890.00Sep 18$57.350.530.1%6.45%6.52%35183
$900.00Sep 18$52.350.501.2%5.89%7.08%140358
$890.00Sep 11$48.000.520.1%5.40%5.47%2--
$910.00Sep 18$47.350.472.3%5.32%7.65%2045
$890.00Sep 4$44.000.520.1%4.95%5.02%33
$900.00Sep 11$44.000.491.2%4.95%6.14%8--
$895.00Sep 4$42.150.500.6%4.74%5.37%14
$905.00Sep 11$41.000.471.8%4.61%6.37%1--
$920.00Sep 18$40.750.453.5%4.58%8.03%561.5K
$900.00Sep 4$39.700.481.2%4.46%5.66%1311

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 31,047
Total Puts 41,336
Put/Call Ratio 1.33
Net Difference -10,289

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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