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CATERPILLAR INC

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/17) 32,257

Calls: 13,874 (43%)

Puts: 18,383 (57%)

Prior (07/16) 39,326

Calls: 17,636 (45%)

Puts: 21,690 (55%)

Current vs Prior -17.98%

Calls: -21.33% (Calls)

Puts: -15.25% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 215,483

Calls: 98,914 (46%)

Puts: 116,569 (54%)

Prior 7-Day Average 30,783

Calls: 14,130 (46%)

Puts: 16,652 (54%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +4.79%

Calls: -1.82%

Puts: +10.39%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/17) $93.55M

Calls: $61.32M (66%)

Puts: $32.23M (34%)

Prior (07/16) $117.82M

Calls: $50.43M (43%)

Puts: $67.39M (57%)

Current vs Prior -20.60%

Calls: +21.59%

Puts: -52.18%

Prior 7-Day Total $490.85M

Calls: $283.31M (58%)

Puts: $207.54M (42%)

Prior 7-Day Average $70.12M

Calls: $40.47M (58%)

Puts: $29.65M (42%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +33.40%

Calls: +51.51%

Puts: +8.70%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/17) 1.32

Prior (07/16) 1.23

Current vs Prior +7.73%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.36

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -2.49%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/17) 293,305

Calls: 138,081 (47%)

Puts: 155,224 (53%)

Prior (07/16) 287,029

Calls: 133,164 (46%)

Puts: 153,865 (54%)

Current vs Prior +2.19%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,936,573

Calls: 904,816 (47%)

Puts: 1,031,757 (53%)

Prior 7-Day Average 276,653

Calls: 129,259 (47%)

Puts: 147,393 (53%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +6.02%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (07/17) | Next (07/24)Expiry (07/17) | Next (08/21)

Current 0.85% | 6.33%0.85% | 14.10%

Prior 2.65% | 6.26%2.65% | 13.37%

Current vs Prior +138.46% | +40.21%-67.98% | +5.42%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.52% | 6.35%4.44% | 13.75%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +79.92% | +38.25%-80.88% | +2.51%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.65% | 6.26%2.65% | 13.37%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +138.46% | +40.21%-67.98% | +5.42%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 71.65% | 14.33%

Calls: 65.17% | 15.50%

Puts: 78.13% | 13.16%

Prior 19.87% | 8.17%

Calls: 20.22% | 8.28%

Puts: 19.51% | 8.06%

Current vs Prior +260.59% | +75.40%

Prior 7-Day Avg 22.55% | 10.73%

Calls: 22.36% | 8.65%

Puts: 22.74% | 12.80%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +217.76% | +33.60%

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Moderately bullish flow with 66% call dollar volume ($61.32M). Bearish P/C ratio of 1.32 indicates protective positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

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Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 154 of results (avg 8.1%, best 4.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$710.00	Aug 21	178.10	186.80	$182.45	4.8%	--	0.90	78
$720.00	Aug 21	169.80	179.00	$174.40	5.3%	2	0.89	61
$740.00	Aug 21	153.15	161.90	$157.53	5.6%	1	0.86	502
$730.00	Aug 21	161.05	170.75	$165.90	5.8%	--	0.88	287
$710.00	Jul 17	167.70	178.00	$172.85	6.0%	2	1.00	134

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1045.00	Aug 7	162.65	171.40	$167.03	5.2%	2	0.88	3
$1040.00	Aug 21	162.30	171.45	$166.88	5.5%	--	0.83	75
$920.00	Aug 21	76.50	80.90	$78.70	5.6%	9	0.57	793
$890.00	Aug 21	60.30	63.90	$62.10	5.8%	25	0.49	365
$1050.00	Jul 17	162.00	172.20	$167.10	6.1%	5	1.00	5

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. 245 found (avg delta 0.78, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$760.00	Jul 17	117.65	128.00	$122.83	8.4%	2	1.00	47
$820.00	Jul 17	57.15	65.00	$61.08	12.9%	15	1.00	190
$840.00	Jul 17	38.15	45.00	$41.58	16.5%	28	1.00	589
$800.00	Jul 17	77.45	85.00	$81.22	9.3%	29	1.00	248
$710.00	Jul 17	167.70	178.00	$172.85	6.0%	2	1.00	134

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$890.00	Jul 17	6.30	11.60	$8.95	59.2%	77	1.00	407
$895.00	Jul 17	10.65	17.70	$14.18	49.7%	37	1.00	68
$900.00	Jul 17	15.70	21.65	$18.67	31.9%	167	1.00	727
$905.00	Jul 17	20.40	27.85	$24.13	30.9%	20	1.00	97
$910.00	Jul 17	25.50	32.85	$29.18	25.2%	18	1.00	140

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 550 active (total vol 19.6K, top 1.1K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$925.00	Aug 7	28.70	31.25	$29.98	8.5%	1.1K	0.39	57
$875.00	Jul 17	3.80	9.75	$6.78	87.8%	706	0.92	94
$950.00	Jul 24	3.95	5.45	$4.70	31.9%	422	0.15	249
$900.00	Jul 17	0.00	0.05	$0.03	166.7%	348	0.01	557
$885.00	Jul 17	0.00	1.80	$0.90	200.0%	292	0.27	26

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$880.00	Jul 17	0.51	1.91	$1.21	115.7%	788	0.41	650
$840.00	Jul 17	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	759	0.00	486
$865.00	Jul 17	0.00	0.30	$0.15	200.0%	596	0.04	167
$860.00	Jul 17	0.00	0.64	$0.32	200.0%	457	0.06	986
$770.00	Jul 24	1.72	3.65	$2.69	71.7%	395	0.07	33

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 127 strikes (avg 858.7%, max 2770.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$720.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	1645.9%	57.3%	2770.6%	2	253
$730.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	1554.0%	57.3%	2613.4%	11	518
$740.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	1462.7%	57.0%	2466.7%	4	589
$1055.00	Jul 17	Aug 14	1184.2%	51.0%	2221.9%	8	98
$1015.00	Jul 17	Aug 7	1193.1%	55.0%	2069.4%	11	239

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$720.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	1645.9%	57.3%	2770.6%	45	766
$730.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	1554.0%	56.3%	2659.4%	85	278
$740.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	1462.7%	56.3%	2498.3%	42	542
$1025.00	Jul 17	Jul 31	1084.4%	49.4%	2096.7%	--	35
$1015.00	Jul 17	Aug 7	1193.1%	55.0%	2069.4%	--	147

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 385 found (best R:R 89.91, avg 5.19)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$990.00	$995.00	Jul 17	$0.10	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$990.10
$1005.00	$1010.00	Jul 31	$0.10	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$1005.10
$1035.00	$1040.00	Jul 17	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$1035.12
$1005.00	$1010.00	Jul 17	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$1005.13
$890.00	$895.00	Jul 17	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$890.15

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$780.00	$770.00	Jul 17	$0.11	$9.89	$0.11	89.91	$779.89
$770.00	$760.00	Jul 17	$0.18	$9.82	$0.18	54.56	$769.82
$760.00	$755.00	Jul 24	$0.11	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$759.89
$845.00	$840.00	Jul 17	$0.14	$4.86	$0.14	34.71	$844.86
$820.00	$815.00	Aug 7	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$819.85

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 509 found (best R:R 75.92, avg 2.71)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$730.00	$750.00	Jul 24	$19.62	$19.62	$0.38	51.63	$749.62
$845.00	$850.00	Jul 17	$4.87	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$849.87
$750.00	$760.00	Jul 17	$9.72	$9.72	$0.28	34.71	$759.72
$810.00	$820.00	Jul 17	$9.70	$9.70	$0.30	32.33	$819.70
$750.00	$760.00	Aug 21	$9.68	$9.68	$0.32	30.25	$759.68

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$1000.00	$990.00	Jul 17	$9.87	$9.87	$0.13	75.92	$990.13
$935.00	$930.00	Jul 17	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$930.15
$955.00	$950.00	Jul 24	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$950.15
$995.00	$990.00	Jul 24	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$990.15
$1025.00	$1020.00	Jul 24	$4.83	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$1020.17

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 125 found (avg debit $7.87, cheapest $0.20)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$975.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.20	924.1%	51.9%
$1030.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.46	840.3%	56.2%
$1050.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.47	834.2%	60.6%
$1020.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.56	582.8%	52.9%
$1040.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.61	654.0%	59.4%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$705.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.52	84.2%	64.0%
$715.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.58	79.9%	61.2%
$785.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.69	1055.3%	61.8%
$750.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.70	952.3%	64.0%
$710.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$1.13	1134.1%	86.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 236 found (cheapest 0.45% of stock, avg 11.65%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$880.00	Jul 17	$2.74	$1.21	$3.95	$876.05	$883.95	0.45%
$885.00	Jul 17	$0.90	$4.74	$5.64	$879.36	$890.64	0.64%
$875.00	Jul 17	$6.78	$0.18	$6.96	$868.04	$881.96	0.79%
$890.00	Jul 17	$0.33	$8.95	$9.28	$880.72	$899.28	1.05%
$870.00	Jul 17	$10.78	$0.21	$10.99	$859.01	$880.99	1.25%
$895.00	Jul 17	$0.18	$14.18	$14.36	$880.64	$909.36	1.63%
$865.00	Jul 17	$16.08	$0.15	$16.23	$848.77	$881.23	1.84%
$900.00	Jul 17	$0.03	$18.67	$18.70	$881.30	$918.70	2.12%
$860.00	Jul 17	$20.55	$0.32	$20.87	$839.13	$880.87	2.37%
$905.00	Jul 17	$0.10	$24.13	$24.23	$880.77	$929.23	2.75%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.17% of stock, avg 7.93%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$890.00	$880.00	Jul 17	$0.33	$1.21	$1.54	$878.46	$891.54
$885.00	$880.00	Jul 17	$0.90	$1.21	$2.11	$877.89	$887.11
$890.00	$830.00	Jul 17	$0.33	$2.15	$2.48	$827.52	$892.48
$890.00	$825.00	Jul 17	$0.33	$2.15	$2.48	$822.52	$892.48
$890.00	$815.00	Jul 17	$0.33	$2.15	$2.48	$812.52	$892.48
$890.00	$810.00	Jul 17	$0.33	$2.15	$2.48	$807.52	$892.48
$930.00	$880.00	Jul 17	$1.29	$1.21	$2.50	$877.50	$932.50
$885.00	$830.00	Jul 17	$0.90	$2.15	$3.05	$826.95	$888.05
$885.00	$825.00	Jul 17	$0.90	$2.15	$3.05	$821.95	$888.05
$885.00	$815.00	Jul 17	$0.90	$2.15	$3.05	$811.95	$888.05

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 461 found (best R:R 99.00, avg credit $8.38)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
765/770	790/800	Jul 24	$9.90	$0.10	99.00	$760.10	$799.90
750/755	770/775	Jul 24	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$750.10	$774.90
715/722	730/745	Jul 31	$14.70	$0.30	49.00	$707.80	$744.70
750/755	815/820	Jul 24	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$750.12	$819.88
750/755	820/825	Jul 24	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$750.12	$824.88
755/760	880/885	Aug 28	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$755.13	$884.87
710/715	730/745	Jul 31	$14.57	$0.43	33.88	$700.43	$744.57
780/785	815/820	Jul 24	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$780.15	$819.85
780/785	820/825	Jul 24	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$780.15	$824.85
732/735	790/795	Jul 31	$4.84	$0.16	30.25	$730.16	$794.84

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 263 found (best R:R 99.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$980.00	$990.00	$1000.00	Aug 21	$0.11	$9.89	89.91
$720.00	$730.00	$740.00	Aug 21	$0.13	$9.87	75.92
$905.00	$910.00	$915.00	Jul 17	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$900.00	$905.00	$910.00	Aug 7	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$990.00	$995.00	$1000.00	Jul 17	$0.08	$4.92	61.50

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$860.00	$865.00	$870.00	Jul 24	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$755.00	$760.00	$765.00	Jul 24	$0.06	$4.94	82.33
$830.00	$835.00	$840.00	Jul 24	$0.06	$4.94	82.33
$770.00	$775.00	$780.00	Jul 31	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$890.00	$895.00	$900.00	Jul 31	$0.07	$4.93	70.43

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 156 found (best net $-1.95, 125 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$1010.00	$1050.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$1.95	$38.05
$1020.00	$1040.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$7.85	$12.15
$1000.00	$1020.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$10.55	$9.45
$1000.00	$1020.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$14.50	$5.50
$890.00	$895.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.03	$4.97

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$780.00	$750.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$5.85	$24.15
$780.00	$770.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.08	$9.92
$760.00	$750.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.49	$9.51
$730.00	$720.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$2.15	$7.85
$740.00	$730.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$2.15	$7.85

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 156 found (best yield 6.75%, avg 1.94%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$885.00	Aug 28	$59.45	0.53	0.5%	6.75%	7.29%	1	1
$890.00	Aug 21	$53.35	0.51	1.1%	6.06%	7.16%	18	279
$885.00	Aug 14	$51.00	0.53	0.5%	5.79%	6.33%	1	3
$900.00	Aug 21	$48.85	0.48	2.2%	5.55%	7.79%	82	775
$910.00	Aug 28	$48.80	0.47	3.4%	5.54%	8.92%	6	21
$890.00	Aug 14	$48.00	0.51	1.1%	5.45%	6.56%	4	15
$915.00	Aug 28	$47.05	0.46	3.9%	5.34%	9.29%	1	6
$885.00	Aug 7	$45.25	0.52	0.5%	5.14%	5.68%	2	6
$895.00	Aug 14	$44.95	0.50	1.7%	5.11%	6.78%	1	--
$910.00	Aug 21	$44.35	0.46	3.4%	5.04%	8.41%	30	61

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 13,874

Total Puts 18,383

Put/Call Ratio 1.32

Net Difference -4,509

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 17,636

Total Puts 21,690

Put/Call Ratio 1.23

Net Difference -4,054

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 98,914

Total Puts 116,569

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.36

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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