Tour v492
CAT
CATERPILLAR INC
$886.95 +1.19%
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Option Volume

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/05 3:05pm) 27,190
Calls: 13,018 (48%)
Puts: 14,172 (52%)
Prior (08/03) 47,283
Calls: 24,130 (51%)
Puts: 23,153 (49%)
Current vs Prior -42.50%
Calls: -46.05% (Calls)
Puts: -38.79% (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 -19.78%
Calls: -3.70%
Puts: -30.45%
Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/05 3:05pm) $37.21M
Calls: $18.78M (50%)
Puts: $18.43M (50%)
Prior (08/03) $93.32M
Calls: $52.07M (56%)
Puts: $41.25M (44%)
Current vs Prior -60.13%
Calls: -63.94%
Puts: -55.31%
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 -43.35%
Calls: -41.70%
Puts: -44.94%
Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/05 3:05pm) 1.09
Prior (08/03) 0.96
Current vs Prior +13.46%
Prior 7-Day Average 1.88
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -42.17%
Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/05 3:05pm) 306,883
Calls: 148,558 (48%)
Puts: 158,325 (52%)
Prior (08/03) 252,922
Calls: 123,639 (49%)
Puts: 129,283 (51%)
Current vs Prior +21.34%
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 +17.22%
Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail
ℹ
Expiry (08/07) | Next (08/14)Expiry (08/21) | Next (09/18)
Current 3.34% | 5.96%7.63% | 12.64%
Prior 7.72% | 9.13%10.30% | 14.37%
Current vs Prior -56.74% | -34.73%-25.96% | -12.09%
Prior 7-Day Avg 4.33% | 8.41%11.63% | 15.60%
Current vs 7-Day Avg -22.79% | -29.12%-34.40% | -19.00%
Prior 7-Day Eod 7.72% | 9.13%8.54% | 13.35%
Current vs 7-Day Eod -56.74% | -34.73%-10.72% | -5.34%
Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail
ℹ
Expiry | Next
Current 16.70% | 11.72%
Calls: 17.22% | 12.22%
Puts: 16.18% | 11.22%
Prior 6.67% | 7.60%
Calls: 8.31% | 7.99%
Puts: 5.03% | 7.21%
Current vs Prior +150.37% | +54.21%
Prior 7-Day Avg 28.49% | 12.02%
Calls: 27.00% | 13.83%
Puts: 29.98% | 10.22%
Current vs 7-Day Avg -41.39% | -2.52%
Liquidity Expensive
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🤖 AI Insights

Light premium activity with dollar volume down 60% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 42% vs prior. Slightly bearish P/C ratio of 1.09. Rising open interest (up 21%) indicates new positions being established.

Smart Money BULLISH
Retail Flow NEUTRAL
Overall MIXED
Dollar Volume
Option Volume
Put/Call Ratio
Open Interest
Expected Move
Current BULLISH
Prior BULLISH
7-Day Avg BEARISH
Current NEUTRAL
Prior NEUTRAL
7-Day Avg NEUTRAL
Current NEUTRAL
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 252 of results (avg 7.4%, best 2.8%)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$750.00Sep 18147.80152.00$149.902.8%20.888
$710.00Sep 18182.00187.75$184.883.1%--0.9313
$720.00Sep 18173.20178.70$175.953.1%--0.921.6K
$730.00Sep 18164.35169.65$167.003.2%--0.9114
$740.00Sep 18155.90161.20$158.553.3%70.89123
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$890.00Sep 1852.1553.90$53.033.3%420.48189
$900.00Sep 1857.3059.60$58.453.9%270.511.8K
$1000.00Sep 18124.00129.05$126.534.0%--0.76106
$960.00Sep 1893.9097.85$95.884.1%20.67132
$840.00Sep 1830.6031.90$31.254.2%270.33206

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 7153.50164.00$158.756.6%--1.0014
$742.50Aug 7141.05151.00$146.036.8%11.001
$745.00Aug 7138.35149.00$143.687.4%--1.0015
$750.00Aug 7133.55144.00$138.787.5%--1.0022
$770.00Aug 7113.75124.00$118.888.6%--1.0013
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$1000.00Aug 7107.05116.45$111.758.4%20.99--
$980.00Aug 790.5096.95$93.736.9%130.9838
$975.00Aug 785.0591.95$88.507.8%--0.9819
$965.00Aug 776.1081.90$79.007.3%20.9737
$1040.00Aug 14147.00157.65$152.327.0%--0.9715

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 513 active (total vol 12.2K, top 665)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$950.00Aug 70.601.00$0.8050.0%6650.051.3K
$900.00Aug 1418.6521.45$20.0514.0%6030.43587
$925.00Aug 72.393.20$2.8028.9%2600.151.2K
$940.00Aug 71.001.57$1.2944.2%2530.08205
$900.00Aug 77.659.40$8.5320.5%2180.36666
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$800.00Aug 215.806.45$6.1310.6%4460.131.6K
$800.00Sep 1818.6019.50$19.054.7%2070.23907
$710.00Aug 70.010.05$0.03133.3%1700.00195
$850.00Aug 72.523.25$2.8925.3%1620.15327
$825.00Aug 70.621.00$0.8146.9%1460.05201

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 38.8%, max 120.1%)

CALLS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNear IVFar IVBack%VolOI
$1060.00Aug 7Sep 1891.5%44.0%108.2%4301
$730.00Aug 7Sep 1894.2%45.7%106.2%--28
$1055.00Aug 7Sep 483.7%41.7%100.7%443
$1040.00Aug 7Sep 1882.9%43.7%89.7%61490
$1045.00Aug 7Aug 2880.3%44.2%81.9%259
PUTS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNear IVFar IVBack%VolOI
$720.00Aug 7Sep 18101.2%46.0%120.1%461.0K
$710.00Aug 7Sep 18101.5%46.6%117.9%171225
$715.00Aug 7Sep 11106.0%48.9%117.0%67177
$740.00Aug 7Sep 1895.8%45.4%111.3%821.9K
$730.00Aug 7Sep 1894.2%45.7%106.2%97357

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 420 found (best R:R 75.92, avg 5.58)

BULL CALL (5)
BuySellExpiryDebitMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$960.00$965.00Aug 7$0.10$4.90$0.1049.00$960.10
$980.00$985.00Aug 7$0.10$4.90$0.1049.00$980.10
$950.00$955.00Aug 7$0.11$4.89$0.1144.45$950.11
$1040.00$1060.00Aug 21$0.46$19.54$0.4642.48$1040.46
$1050.00$1055.00Aug 28$0.14$4.86$0.1434.71$1050.14
BEAR PUT (5)
BuySellExpiryDebitMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$720.00$710.00Aug 21$0.13$9.87$0.1375.92$719.87
$730.00$720.00Aug 21$0.13$9.87$0.1375.92$729.87
$730.00$720.00Sep 4$0.15$9.85$0.1565.67$729.85
$815.00$810.00Aug 7$0.11$4.89$0.1144.45$814.89
$765.00$760.00Aug 14$0.14$4.86$0.1434.71$764.86

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 549 found (best R:R 99.00, avg 2.26)

BEAR CALL (5)
SellBuyExpiryCreditMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$775.00$780.00Aug 7$4.87$4.87$0.1337.46$779.87
$815.00$820.00Aug 14$4.82$4.82$0.1826.78$819.82
$820.00$825.00Aug 7$4.72$4.72$0.2816.86$824.72
$742.50$745.00Aug 7$2.35$2.35$0.1515.67$744.85
$720.00$755.00Sep 4$32.88$32.88$2.1215.51$752.88
BULL PUT (5)
SellBuyExpiryCreditMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$1060.00$1040.00Aug 21$19.80$19.80$0.2099.00$1040.20
$1040.00$1005.00Aug 14$34.59$34.59$0.4184.37$1005.41
$1000.00$990.00Aug 21$9.63$9.63$0.3726.03$990.37
$1060.00$1040.00Sep 18$19.18$19.18$0.8223.39$1040.82
$945.00$940.00Aug 7$4.78$4.78$0.2221.73$940.22

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 134 found (avg debit $5.77, cheapest $0.25)

CALLS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNet DebitNear IVFar IV
$1050.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.3676.6%49.2%
$1055.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.4883.7%52.7%
$1030.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.6075.3%48.3%
$1020.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.6273.9%46.2%
$1040.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.6682.9%51.9%
PUTS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNet DebitNear IVFar IV
$740.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.2595.8%52.9%
$720.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.45101.2%62.9%
$747.50Aug 7Aug 14$0.4984.5%53.7%
$730.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.5294.2%60.3%
$710.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.54101.5%67.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 248 found (cheapest 3.19% of stock, avg 10.29%)

StrikeExpiryCall$Put$TotalBE LowBE HighCost%
$880.00Aug 7$17.85$10.40$28.25$851.75$908.253.19%
$885.00Aug 7$15.10$13.20$28.30$856.70$913.303.19%
$887.50Aug 7$13.77$14.52$28.29$859.21$915.793.19%
$890.00Aug 7$12.63$15.68$28.31$861.69$918.313.19%
$892.50Aug 7$11.63$17.25$28.88$863.62$921.383.26%
$895.00Aug 7$10.45$18.45$28.90$866.10$923.903.26%
$897.50Aug 7$9.30$20.02$29.32$868.18$926.823.31%
$875.00Aug 7$21.00$8.95$29.95$845.05$904.953.38%
$900.00Aug 7$8.53$21.60$30.13$869.87$930.133.40%
$902.50Aug 7$7.70$23.05$30.75$871.75$933.253.47%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 1.72% of stock, avg 6.93%)

Call KPut KExpiryCall$Put$TotalBE LowBE High
$897.50$865.00Aug 7$9.30$5.93$15.23$849.77$912.73
$895.00$865.00Aug 7$10.45$5.93$16.38$848.62$911.38
$897.50$870.00Aug 7$9.30$7.20$16.50$853.50$914.00
$892.50$865.00Aug 7$11.63$5.93$17.56$847.44$910.06
$895.00$870.00Aug 7$10.45$7.20$17.65$852.35$912.65
$897.50$875.00Aug 7$9.30$8.95$18.25$856.75$915.75
$890.00$865.00Aug 7$12.63$5.93$18.56$846.44$908.56
$892.50$870.00Aug 7$11.63$7.20$18.83$851.17$911.33
$895.00$875.00Aug 7$10.45$8.95$19.40$855.60$914.40
$887.50$865.00Aug 7$13.77$5.93$19.70$845.30$907.20

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 351 found (best R:R 59.61, avg credit $8.18)

Put SpreadCall SpreadExpiryCreditMax LossR:RBE LowBE High
710/715760/780Aug 14$19.67$0.3359.61$695.33$779.67
730/740750/760Sep 18$9.78$0.2244.45$730.22$759.78
755/760830/835Aug 28$4.86$0.1434.71$755.14$834.86
715/720770/775Sep 4$4.86$0.1434.71$715.14$774.86
720/730740/750Sep 18$9.68$0.3230.25$720.32$749.68
720/730750/760Sep 18$9.66$0.3428.41$720.34$759.66
775/780840/845Aug 28$4.80$0.2024.00$775.20$844.80
710/715720/755Sep 4$33.58$1.4223.65$681.42$753.58
740/745760/780Aug 14$19.18$0.8223.39$725.82$779.18
770/775800/810Aug 14$9.59$0.4123.39$765.41$809.59

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 261 found (best R:R 199.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)
LowMidHighExpiryDebitMax GainR:R
$880.00$890.00$900.00Sep 18$0.05$9.95199.00
$1020.00$1040.00$1060.00Aug 21$0.16$19.84124.00
$990.00$1000.00$1010.00Sep 18$0.08$9.92124.00
$1020.00$1025.00$1030.00Aug 7$0.05$4.9599.00
$1030.00$1035.00$1040.00Aug 7$0.05$4.9599.00
PUTS (5)
LowMidHighExpiryDebitMax GainR:R
$820.00$830.00$840.00Sep 18$0.09$9.91110.11
$840.00$845.00$850.00Aug 21$0.05$4.9599.00
$890.00$900.00$910.00Sep 18$0.11$9.8989.91
$730.00$740.00$750.00Aug 21$0.12$9.8882.33
$770.00$775.00$780.00Aug 28$0.06$4.9482.33

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 190 found (best net $-23.56, 175 credits)

CALLS (5)
Buy KSell KRatioExpiryNetMax Gain
$740.00$820.001:2Sep 11-$23.56$56.44
$1000.00$1030.001:2Sep 11-$5.43$24.57
$1000.00$1020.001:2Aug 21-$0.66$19.34
$1040.00$1060.001:2Aug 21-$0.84$19.16
$1020.00$1040.001:2Aug 21-$1.14$18.86
PUTS (5)
Buy KSell KRatioExpiryNetMax Gain
$735.00$715.001:2Sep 11-$3.52$16.48
$990.00$940.001:2Sep 4-$36.02$13.98
$930.00$890.001:2Sep 11-$26.46$13.54
$755.00$740.001:2Sep 11-$3.62$11.38
$730.00$720.001:2Aug 14-$0.45$9.55

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 163 found (best yield 5.94%, avg 1.76%)

StrikeExpiryBidDeltaOTM%Yield%If Called%VolOI
$890.00Sep 18$52.700.520.3%5.94%6.29%50185
$900.00Sep 18$48.050.491.5%5.42%6.89%49368
$890.00Sep 11$47.750.520.3%5.38%5.73%111
$910.00Sep 18$43.750.472.6%4.93%7.53%2855
$890.00Sep 4$42.800.520.3%4.83%5.17%35
$900.00Sep 11$42.700.491.5%4.81%6.29%410
$895.00Sep 4$40.700.500.9%4.59%5.50%45
$905.00Sep 11$40.500.482.0%4.57%6.60%11
$920.00Sep 18$39.650.443.7%4.47%8.20%351.6K
$900.00Sep 4$38.450.491.5%4.34%5.81%1111

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 13,018
Total Puts 14,172
Put/Call Ratio 1.09
Net Difference -1,154

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 24,130
Total Puts 23,153
Put/Call Ratio 0.96
Net Difference 977

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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