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CATERPILLAR INC

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/14) 23,684

Calls: 8,192 (35%)

Puts: 15,492 (65%)

Prior (07/13) 21,589

Calls: 7,370 (34%)

Puts: 14,219 (66%)

Current vs Prior +9.70%

Calls: +11.15% (Calls)

Puts: +8.95% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 232,735

Calls: 106,980 (46%)

Puts: 125,755 (54%)

Prior 7-Day Average 33,247

Calls: 15,282 (46%)

Puts: 17,965 (54%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -28.77%

Calls: -46.40%

Puts: -13.77%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/14) $40.65M

Calls: $20.65M (51%)

Puts: $20.00M (49%)

Prior (07/13) $49.31M

Calls: $23.60M (48%)

Puts: $25.71M (52%)

Current vs Prior -17.57%

Calls: -12.50%

Puts: -22.22%

Prior 7-Day Total $526.99M

Calls: $335.21M (64%)

Puts: $191.77M (36%)

Prior 7-Day Average $75.28M

Calls: $47.89M (64%)

Puts: $27.40M (36%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -46.01%

Calls: -56.87%

Puts: -27.01%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/14) 1.89

Prior (07/13) 1.93

Current vs Prior -1.98%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.39

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +35.93%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/14) 271,719

Calls: 127,810 (47%)

Puts: 143,909 (53%)

Prior (07/13) 264,882

Calls: 125,788 (47%)

Puts: 139,094 (53%)

Current vs Prior +2.58%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,874,862

Calls: 878,351 (47%)

Puts: 996,511 (53%)

Prior 7-Day Average 267,837

Calls: 125,478 (47%)

Puts: 142,358 (53%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +1.45%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

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

Current 3.85% | 6.41%3.85% | 13.61%

Prior 4.49% | 6.80%4.49% | 13.65%

Current vs Prior -14.32% | -5.76%-14.32% | -0.28%

Prior 7-Day Avg 4.10% | 6.74%6.11% | 14.23%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -6.03% | -4.83%-36.99% | -4.33%

Prior 7-Day Eod 4.49% | 6.80%4.49% | 13.65%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -14.32% | -5.76%-14.32% | -0.28%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 15.64% | 9.71%

Calls: 15.86% | 9.10%

Puts: 15.42% | 10.32%

Prior 7.82% | 6.38%

Calls: 3.55% | 6.15%

Puts: 12.10% | 6.60%

Current vs Prior +100.00% | +52.19%

Prior 7-Day Avg 31.29% | 12.83%

Calls: 33.98% | 12.13%

Puts: 28.61% | 13.52%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -50.02% | -24.29%

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Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.89 - heavy put buying.

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Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

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Current BULLISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 128 of results (avg 7.7%, best 4.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$750.00	Aug 7	184.00	193.40	$188.70	5.0%	--	0.93	10
$760.00	Aug 21	180.15	189.45	$184.80	5.0%	--	0.89	225
$750.00	Jul 17	180.20	189.65	$184.93	5.1%	--	0.99	171
$760.00	Jul 17	170.10	179.80	$174.95	5.5%	1	0.99	48
$780.00	Aug 21	163.95	173.40	$168.68	5.6%	--	0.87	169

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$910.00	Aug 21	47.40	49.80	$48.60	4.9%	95	0.41	143
$1120.00	Jul 17	180.65	190.00	$185.33	5.0%	--	1.00	25
$1100.00	Aug 21	171.85	181.50	$176.68	5.5%	--	0.83	16
$1100.00	Jul 31	163.30	173.00	$168.15	5.8%	--	0.94	29
$1030.00	Jul 31	101.00	107.00	$104.00	5.8%	1	0.82	33

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. 212 found (avg delta 0.74, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$750.00	Jul 24	180.00	191.00	$185.50	5.9%	--	1.00	10
$790.00	Jul 17	140.30	149.70	$145.00	6.5%	4	1.00	250
$785.00	Jul 17	145.00	156.00	$150.50	7.3%	1	1.00	1
$800.00	Jul 17	130.35	139.75	$135.05	7.0%	3	0.99	258
$760.00	Jul 17	170.10	179.80	$174.95	5.5%	1	0.99	48

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1035.00	Jul 17	97.00	105.00	$101.00	7.9%	--	1.00	39
$1040.00	Jul 17	101.00	109.35	$105.18	7.9%	2	1.00	80
$1045.00	Jul 17	105.45	115.95	$110.70	9.5%	--	1.00	23
$1050.00	Jul 17	111.40	119.90	$115.65	7.3%	2	1.00	69
$1055.00	Jul 17	114.00	125.00	$119.50	9.2%	--	1.00	44

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 454 active (total vol 12.1K, top 787)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1000.00	Jul 17	1.48	1.90	$1.69	24.9%	787	0.08	2.7K
$980.00	Jul 17	3.25	3.85	$3.55	16.9%	633	0.16	666
$1000.00	Jul 24	4.80	8.40	$6.60	54.5%	516	0.18	92
$945.00	Jul 17	11.00	14.45	$12.73	27.1%	496	0.42	85
$1080.00	Aug 21	14.55	16.50	$15.53	12.6%	386	0.20	1.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$900.00	Jul 17	4.90	6.35	$5.63	25.8%	498	0.21	1.3K
$865.00	Jul 17	0.72	1.87	$1.30	88.5%	431	0.06	106
$870.00	Jul 17	1.22	2.26	$1.74	59.8%	333	0.08	1.2K
$890.00	Aug 21	39.00	42.65	$40.83	8.9%	297	0.36	106
$880.00	Jul 31	14.35	19.85	$17.10	32.2%	217	0.27	112

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 106 strikes (avg 22.5%, max 91.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$750.00	Jul 17	Aug 7	104.6%	54.6%	91.7%	--	181
$760.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	96.3%	53.6%	79.6%	1	273
$780.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	85.2%	51.9%	64.0%	3	348
$810.00	Jul 17	Jul 31	77.2%	50.2%	53.7%	3	54
$1090.00	Jul 17	Aug 14	76.2%	49.9%	52.7%	10	10

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$750.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	104.6%	54.9%	90.5%	18	744
$760.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	96.3%	52.8%	82.2%	15	394
$770.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	91.7%	53.2%	72.3%	18	259
$780.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	85.2%	51.9%	64.0%	44	1.6K
$785.00	Jul 17	Jul 31	77.4%	50.2%	54.0%	21	17

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 371 found (best R:R 44.45, avg 5.36)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$1090.00	$1095.00	Jul 17	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$1090.13
$1030.00	$1035.00	Jul 24	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$1030.13
$1090.00	$1100.00	Jul 24	$0.26	$9.74	$0.26	37.46	$1090.26
$1000.00	$1005.00	Jul 31	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$1000.15
$995.00	$1000.00	Jul 17	$0.16	$4.84	$0.16	30.25	$995.16

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$835.00	$830.00	Jul 17	$0.11	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$834.89
$780.00	$775.00	Jul 24	$0.11	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$779.89
$825.00	$820.00	Jul 31	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$824.87
$805.00	$800.00	Aug 28	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$804.87
$795.00	$790.00	Jul 17	$0.16	$4.84	$0.16	30.25	$794.84

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 484 found (best R:R 75.92, avg 2.32)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$810.00	$820.00	Jul 17	$9.87	$9.87	$0.13	75.92	$819.87
$750.00	$820.00	Jul 24	$68.00	$68.00	$2.00	34.00	$818.00
$780.00	$795.00	Jul 31	$14.52	$14.52	$0.48	30.25	$794.52
$770.00	$780.00	Jul 17	$9.65	$9.65	$0.35	27.57	$779.65
$780.00	$785.00	Jul 17	$4.80	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$784.80

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$1110.00	$1090.00	Jul 24	$19.53	$19.53	$0.47	41.55	$1090.47
$1080.00	$1060.00	Jul 24	$19.43	$19.43	$0.57	34.09	$1060.57
$1000.00	$995.00	Jul 24	$4.82	$4.82	$0.18	26.78	$995.18
$1010.00	$1005.00	Jul 17	$4.80	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$1005.20
$1110.00	$1100.00	Jul 31	$9.60	$9.60	$0.40	24.00	$1100.40

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 125 found (avg debit $6.08, cheapest $0.16)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$750.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.57	104.6%	59.7%
$1100.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.76	67.3%	51.9%
$1090.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.80	76.2%	51.9%
$1075.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.92	75.3%	50.4%
$1085.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.94	70.3%	51.0%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$750.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.16	104.6%	59.7%
$770.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.29	91.7%	54.8%
$760.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.52	96.3%	61.3%
$780.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.67	85.2%	56.2%
$1110.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.72	56.1%	48.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 201 found (cheapest 3.60% of stock, avg 11.04%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$935.00	Jul 17	$16.90	$16.70	$33.60	$901.40	$968.60	3.60%
$940.00	Jul 17	$15.13	$19.13	$34.26	$905.74	$974.26	3.67%
$930.00	Jul 17	$19.23	$15.43	$34.66	$895.34	$964.66	3.71%
$945.00	Jul 17	$12.73	$21.93	$34.66	$910.34	$979.66	3.71%
$925.00	Jul 17	$22.70	$12.45	$35.15	$889.85	$960.15	3.77%
$920.00	Jul 17	$25.78	$10.28	$36.06	$883.94	$956.06	3.86%
$950.00	Jul 17	$10.68	$25.45	$36.13	$913.87	$986.13	3.87%
$955.00	Jul 17	$8.90	$28.75	$37.65	$917.35	$992.65	4.03%
$915.00	Jul 17	$29.68	$9.63	$39.31	$875.69	$954.31	4.21%
$960.00	Jul 17	$7.40	$32.98	$40.38	$919.62	$1000.38	4.33%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 1.82% of stock, avg 7.87%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$960.00	$915.00	Jul 17	$7.40	$9.63	$17.03	$897.97	$977.03
$960.00	$920.00	Jul 17	$7.40	$10.28	$17.68	$902.32	$977.68
$955.00	$915.00	Jul 17	$8.90	$9.63	$18.53	$896.47	$973.53
$955.00	$920.00	Jul 17	$8.90	$10.28	$19.18	$900.82	$974.18
$960.00	$925.00	Jul 17	$7.40	$12.45	$19.85	$905.15	$979.85
$950.00	$915.00	Jul 17	$10.68	$9.63	$20.31	$894.69	$970.31
$950.00	$920.00	Jul 17	$10.68	$10.28	$20.96	$899.04	$970.96
$955.00	$925.00	Jul 17	$8.90	$12.45	$21.35	$903.65	$976.35
$945.00	$915.00	Jul 17	$12.73	$9.63	$22.36	$892.64	$967.36
$960.00	$930.00	Jul 17	$7.40	$15.43	$22.83	$907.17	$982.83

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 494 found (best R:R 61.50, avg credit $8.64)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
840/850	880/890	Aug 21	$9.84	$0.16	61.50	$840.16	$889.84
825/830	850/860	Jul 31	$9.80	$0.20	49.00	$820.20	$859.80
840/845	915/920	Aug 28	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$840.11	$919.89
785/790	800/810	Jul 31	$9.72	$0.28	34.71	$780.28	$809.72
835/840	940/945	Aug 7	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$835.15	$944.85
760/765	830/840	Jul 24	$9.68	$0.32	30.25	$755.32	$839.68
820/830	840/850	Aug 21	$9.65	$0.35	27.57	$820.35	$849.65
750/755	830/840	Jul 24	$9.64	$0.36	26.78	$745.36	$839.64
810/815	830/840	Jul 24	$9.64	$0.36	26.78	$805.36	$839.64
800/805	850/860	Jul 31	$9.63	$0.37	26.03	$795.37	$859.63

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 223 found (best R:R 165.67, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$1060.00	$1080.00	$1100.00	Aug 21	$0.25	$19.75	79.00
$1065.00	$1070.00	$1075.00	Jul 24	$0.08	$4.92	61.50
$910.00	$915.00	$920.00	Jul 17	$0.09	$4.91	54.56
$940.00	$950.00	$960.00	Aug 28	$0.18	$9.82	54.56
$1100.00	$1110.00	$1120.00	Jul 31	$0.20	$9.80	49.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$750.00	$760.00	$770.00	Jul 17	$0.06	$9.94	165.67
$910.00	$915.00	$920.00	Jul 31	$0.06	$4.94	82.33
$780.00	$785.00	$790.00	Jul 17	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$865.00	$870.00	$875.00	Jul 24	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$850.00	$855.00	$860.00	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. 152 found (best net $-20.30, 144 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$750.00	$850.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$20.30	$79.70
$750.00	$820.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$49.50	$20.50
$1100.00	$1120.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.01	$19.99
$1000.00	$1035.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$17.30	$17.70
$850.00	$900.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$32.60	$17.40

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$1040.00	$960.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$25.77	$54.23
$800.00	$760.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$3.13	$36.87
$1050.00	$990.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$43.56	$16.44
$800.00	$780.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$4.00	$16.00
$775.00	$760.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$4.62	$10.38

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 160 found (best yield 6.75%, avg 1.84%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$935.00	Aug 28	$63.00	0.53	0.2%	6.75%	6.93%	12	1
$940.00	Aug 28	$60.00	0.52	0.7%	6.43%	7.14%	2	1
$940.00	Aug 21	$56.00	0.52	0.7%	6.00%	6.71%	13	667
$950.00	Aug 28	$55.00	0.50	1.8%	5.89%	7.68%	--	14
$950.00	Aug 21	$53.00	0.49	1.8%	5.68%	7.46%	44	59
$960.00	Aug 28	$51.45	0.47	2.9%	5.51%	8.37%	2	2
$940.00	Aug 14	$50.00	0.51	0.7%	5.36%	6.07%	2	2
$935.00	Aug 7	$48.05	0.52	0.2%	5.15%	5.33%	1	3
$960.00	Aug 21	$47.65	0.47	2.9%	5.11%	7.96%	29	251
$955.00	Aug 14	$44.00	0.47	2.3%	4.71%	7.03%	4	1

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 8,192

Total Puts 15,492

Put/Call Ratio 1.89

Net Difference -7,300

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 7,370

Total Puts 14,219

Put/Call Ratio 1.93

Net Difference -6,849

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 106,980

Total Puts 125,755

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.39

Ratio Trend Falling

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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