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CATERPILLAR INC

$949.03 +0.95%

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/08 3:05pm) 25,328

Calls: 12,288 (49%)

Puts: 13,040 (51%)

Prior (07/07) 25,639

Calls: 10,225 (40%)

Puts: 15,414 (60%)

Current vs Prior -1.21%

Calls: +20.18% (Calls)

Puts: -15.40% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 246,705

Calls: 102,797 (42%)

Puts: 143,908 (58%)

Prior 7-Day Average 35,243

Calls: 14,685 (42%)

Puts: 20,558 (58%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -28.13%

Calls: -16.32%

Puts: -36.57%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/08 3:05pm) $53.91M

Calls: $39.47M (73%)

Puts: $14.43M (27%)

Prior (07/07) $82.45M

Calls: $51.52M (62%)

Puts: $30.93M (38%)

Current vs Prior -34.62%

Calls: -23.38%

Puts: -53.34%

Prior 7-Day Total $661.49M

Calls: $444.79M (67%)

Puts: $216.69M (33%)

Prior 7-Day Average $94.50M

Calls: $63.54M (67%)

Puts: $30.96M (33%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -42.96%

Calls: -37.88%

Puts: -53.37%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/08 3:05pm) 1.06

Prior (07/07) 1.51

Current vs Prior -29.60%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.50

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -29.35%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/08 3:05pm) 270,343

Calls: 125,822 (47%)

Puts: 144,521 (53%)

Prior (07/07) 262,430

Calls: 122,511 (47%)

Puts: 139,919 (53%)

Current vs Prior +3.02%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,713,543

Calls: 806,860 (47%)

Puts: 906,683 (53%)

Prior 7-Day Average 244,791

Calls: 115,265 (47%)

Puts: 129,526 (53%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +10.44%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (07/10) | Next (07/17)Expiry (07/17) | Next (08/21)

Current 3.17% | 6.53%6.53% | 14.56%

Prior 4.29% | 6.92%6.92% | 14.29%

Current vs Prior -26.20% | -5.58%-5.58% | +1.88%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.51% | 5.58%6.80% | 14.30%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +26.05% | +17.12%-3.95% | +1.85%

Prior 7-Day Eod 4.29% | 6.92%-- | --

Current vs 7-Day Eod -26.20% | -5.58%-- | --

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 23.85% | 10.76%

Calls: 30.03% | 6.73%

Puts: 17.67% | 14.79%

Prior 19.59% | 13.77%

Calls: 25.85% | 17.16%

Puts: 13.33% | 10.38%

Current vs Prior +21.75% | -21.86%

Prior 7-Day Avg 35.51% | 14.56%

Calls: 34.15% | 14.46%

Puts: 36.87% | 14.65%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -32.84% | -26.08%

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Moderately bullish flow with 73% call dollar volume ($39.47M). Slightly bearish P/C ratio of 1.06. P/C ratio dropping 30% - sentiment shifting bullish.

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Current NEUTRAL

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 218 of results (avg 7.7%, best 4.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$950.00	Aug 21	65.30	68.20	$66.75	4.3%	11	0.53	39
$1040.00	Aug 21	32.10	33.65	$32.88	4.7%	76	0.33	1.2K
$1060.00	Aug 21	26.80	28.15	$27.48	4.9%	91	0.29	309
$960.00	Jul 31	40.85	43.05	$41.95	5.2%	2	0.48	33
$1100.00	Aug 21	18.20	19.20	$18.70	5.3%	14	0.22	473

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1080.00	Aug 21	148.00	154.75	$151.38	4.5%	3	0.75	70
$1005.00	Aug 7	85.35	89.55	$87.45	4.8%	--	0.63	12
$1000.00	Aug 7	82.25	86.40	$84.33	4.9%	--	0.61	34
$1110.00	Jul 31	163.20	171.70	$167.45	5.1%	--	0.90	16
$930.00	Aug 7	45.05	47.40	$46.22	5.1%	1	0.42	20

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. 242 found (avg delta 0.75, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$760.00	Jul 17	183.00	194.40	$188.70	6.0%	--	1.00	48
$770.00	Jul 17	173.10	183.15	$178.13	5.6%	--	1.00	107
$780.00	Jul 17	163.00	173.50	$168.25	6.2%	--	1.00	179
$790.00	Jul 17	153.00	163.65	$158.32	6.7%	--	1.00	250
$800.00	Jul 17	144.00	154.10	$149.05	6.8%	--	1.00	267

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1025.00	Jul 10	74.00	81.00	$77.50	9.0%	--	1.00	117
$1030.00	Jul 10	79.05	86.00	$82.53	8.4%	1	1.00	90
$1035.00	Jul 10	84.00	91.00	$87.50	8.0%	--	1.00	72
$1040.00	Jul 10	89.00	96.00	$92.50	7.6%	--	1.00	153
$1050.00	Jul 10	98.40	106.00	$102.20	7.4%	7	1.00	23

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 475 active (total vol 14.5K, top 2.2K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1000.00	Jul 31	25.60	27.35	$26.48	6.6%	2.2K	0.35	319
$1070.00	Jul 31	8.50	12.05	$10.28	34.5%	2.1K	0.17	2.3K
$990.00	Jul 10	1.79	2.62	$2.21	37.6%	736	0.13	99
$1000.00	Jul 10	1.25	1.33	$1.29	6.2%	367	0.08	784
$1025.00	Jul 24	9.65	12.45	$11.05	25.3%	233	0.22	22

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$870.00	Jul 10	0.27	0.92	$0.60	108.3%	462	0.03	469
$900.00	Jul 24	17.40	19.10	$18.25	9.3%	426	0.29	92
$920.00	Jul 10	4.25	5.75	$5.00	30.0%	400	0.22	147
$900.00	Jul 10	1.66	2.42	$2.04	37.3%	187	0.10	393
$950.00	Jul 10	13.15	15.70	$14.43	17.7%	137	0.50	337

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 95 strikes (avg 36.5%, max 201.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$1120.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	103.6%	50.2%	106.7%	206	623
$1130.00	Jul 10	Aug 7	99.4%	50.1%	98.5%	50	132
$1110.00	Jul 10	Aug 14	90.1%	49.4%	82.3%	52	427
$770.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	113.7%	63.1%	80.1%	1	109
$1085.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	76.1%	45.4%	67.7%	7	409

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$760.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	161.5%	53.5%	201.7%	10	238
$765.00	Jul 10	Aug 14	132.2%	54.7%	141.6%	1	20
$775.00	Jul 10	Aug 14	124.6%	54.3%	129.7%	1	36
$780.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	120.9%	52.9%	128.7%	10	1.2K
$770.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	113.7%	53.0%	114.5%	2	99

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 403 found (best R:R 82.33, avg 5.81)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$1110.00	$1120.00	Jul 24	$0.13	$9.87	$0.13	75.92	$1110.13
$1100.00	$1120.00	Jul 17	$0.32	$19.68	$0.32	61.50	$1100.32
$1085.00	$1100.00	Jul 17	$0.29	$14.71	$0.29	50.72	$1085.29
$1020.00	$1025.00	Jul 10	$0.18	$4.82	$0.18	26.78	$1020.18
$1060.00	$1065.00	Jul 10	$0.19	$4.81	$0.19	25.32	$1060.19

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$770.00	$760.00	Jul 17	$0.12	$9.88	$0.12	82.33	$769.88
$800.00	$790.00	Jul 17	$0.14	$9.86	$0.14	70.43	$799.86
$780.00	$770.00	Jul 17	$0.17	$9.83	$0.17	57.82	$779.83
$825.00	$820.00	Jul 10	$0.10	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$824.90
$795.00	$790.00	Jul 10	$0.11	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$794.89

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 530 found (best R:R 132.33, avg 2.43)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$820.00	$840.00	Jul 10	$19.85	$19.85	$0.15	132.33	$839.85
$770.00	$780.00	Jul 17	$9.88	$9.88	$0.12	82.33	$779.88
$900.00	$905.00	Jul 10	$4.80	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$904.80
$865.00	$870.00	Jul 17	$4.78	$4.78	$0.22	21.73	$869.78
$820.00	$840.00	Jul 24	$19.00	$19.00	$1.00	19.00	$839.00

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$1135.00	$1115.00	Jul 10	$19.73	$19.73	$0.27	73.07	$1115.27
$1120.00	$1100.00	Jul 17	$19.52	$19.52	$0.48	40.67	$1100.48
$1050.00	$1040.00	Jul 10	$9.70	$9.70	$0.30	32.33	$1040.30
$1050.00	$1045.00	Jul 17	$4.80	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$1045.20
$1070.00	$1065.00	Jul 17	$4.75	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$1065.25

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 128 found (avg debit $7.67, cheapest $0.13)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$770.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.13	113.7%	63.1%
$1100.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.37	82.2%	46.0%
$1085.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.65	76.1%	45.4%
$1080.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.88	74.5%	46.1%
$1130.00	Jul 10	Jul 24	$0.94	99.4%	45.2%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$785.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.21	111.1%	57.0%
$780.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.30	120.9%	62.2%
$1065.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.30	62.7%	45.7%
$770.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.38	113.7%	63.1%
$775.00	Jul 10	Jul 24	$0.74	124.6%	51.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 233 found (cheapest 2.99% of stock, avg 10.89%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$950.00	Jul 10	$13.93	$14.43	$28.36	$921.64	$978.36	2.99%
$945.00	Jul 10	$15.65	$13.27	$28.92	$916.08	$973.92	3.05%
$955.00	Jul 10	$10.85	$18.38	$29.23	$925.77	$984.23	3.08%
$940.00	Jul 10	$18.70	$10.75	$29.45	$910.55	$969.45	3.10%
$960.00	Jul 10	$9.00	$21.30	$30.30	$929.70	$990.30	3.19%
$965.00	Jul 10	$7.32	$23.88	$31.20	$933.80	$996.20	3.29%
$935.00	Jul 10	$22.23	$9.40	$31.63	$903.37	$966.63	3.33%
$930.00	Jul 10	$25.28	$7.03	$32.31	$897.69	$962.31	3.40%
$967.50	Jul 10	$6.55	$25.83	$32.38	$935.12	$999.88	3.41%
$970.00	Jul 10	$5.70	$27.70	$33.40	$936.60	$1003.40	3.52%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 1.21% of stock, avg 7.45%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$970.00	$925.00	Jul 10	$5.70	$5.78	$11.48	$913.52	$981.48
$967.50	$925.00	Jul 10	$6.55	$5.78	$12.33	$912.67	$979.83
$970.00	$930.00	Jul 10	$5.70	$7.03	$12.73	$917.27	$982.73
$965.00	$925.00	Jul 10	$7.32	$5.78	$13.10	$911.90	$978.10
$967.50	$930.00	Jul 10	$6.55	$7.03	$13.58	$916.42	$981.08
$965.00	$930.00	Jul 10	$7.32	$7.03	$14.35	$915.65	$979.35
$960.00	$925.00	Jul 10	$9.00	$5.78	$14.78	$910.22	$974.78
$970.00	$935.00	Jul 10	$5.70	$9.40	$15.10	$919.90	$985.10
$967.50	$935.00	Jul 10	$6.55	$9.40	$15.95	$919.05	$983.45
$960.00	$930.00	Jul 10	$9.00	$7.03	$16.03	$913.97	$976.03

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 446 found (best R:R 75.92, avg credit $9.39)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
785/790	830/840	Jul 17	$9.87	$0.13	75.92	$780.13	$839.87
840/845	850/860	Jul 17	$9.85	$0.15	65.67	$835.15	$859.85
815/820	830/840	Jul 17	$9.82	$0.18	54.56	$810.18	$839.82
820/825	900/905	Jul 10	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$820.10	$904.90
800/805	820/840	Jul 24	$19.60	$0.40	49.00	$785.40	$839.60
790/800	820/830	Aug 21	$9.80	$0.20	49.00	$790.20	$829.80
780/785	880/885	Jul 24	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$780.12	$884.88
780/790	820/830	Aug 21	$9.75	$0.25	39.00	$780.25	$829.75
775/780	880/885	Jul 24	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$775.13	$884.87
780/785	820/840	Jul 24	$19.48	$0.52	37.46	$765.52	$839.48

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 244 found (best R:R 284.71, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$1000.00	$1020.00	$1040.00	Aug 21	$0.07	$19.93	284.71
$870.00	$880.00	$890.00	Jul 17	$0.05	$9.95	199.00
$1070.00	$1080.00	$1090.00	Aug 7	$0.05	$9.95	199.00
$1110.00	$1120.00	$1130.00	Aug 7	$0.05	$9.95	199.00
$1090.00	$1100.00	$1110.00	Aug 7	$0.09	$9.91	110.11

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$780.00	$790.00	$800.00	Aug 21	$0.05	$9.95	199.00
$880.00	$885.00	$890.00	Jul 24	$0.06	$4.94	82.33
$1000.00	$1020.00	$1040.00	Aug 21	$0.31	$19.69	63.52
$860.00	$865.00	$870.00	Jul 24	$0.08	$4.92	61.50
$855.00	$860.00	$865.00	Jul 10	$0.09	$4.91	54.56

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 155 found (best net $-14.67, 149 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$945.00	$995.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$20.05	$29.95
$1085.00	$1100.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.26	$14.74
$1000.00	$1030.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$20.09	$9.91
$1120.00	$1130.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.44	$9.56
$1070.00	$1080.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.59	$9.41

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$1015.00	$940.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$14.67	$60.33
$810.00	$775.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$3.22	$31.78
$800.00	$775.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$4.55	$20.45
$775.00	$760.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$1.62	$13.38
$820.00	$805.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$2.14	$12.86

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 149 found (best yield 6.88%, avg 1.80%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$950.00	Aug 21	$65.30	0.53	0.1%	6.88%	6.98%	11	39
$960.00	Aug 21	$58.20	0.50	1.2%	6.13%	7.29%	31	241
$970.00	Aug 21	$54.25	0.48	2.2%	5.72%	7.93%	10	24
$950.00	Aug 7	$52.00	0.52	0.1%	5.48%	5.58%	--	12
$980.00	Aug 21	$49.70	0.46	3.3%	5.24%	8.50%	5	369
$960.00	Aug 7	$48.40	0.49	1.2%	5.10%	6.26%	--	19
$990.00	Aug 21	$45.55	0.43	4.3%	4.80%	9.12%	3	134
$965.00	Aug 7	$45.25	0.48	1.7%	4.77%	6.45%	6	8
$950.00	Jul 31	$44.60	0.52	0.1%	4.70%	4.80%	1	18
$1000.00	Aug 21	$43.65	0.41	5.4%	4.60%	9.97%	63	514

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 12,288

Total Puts 13,040

Put/Call Ratio 1.06

Net Difference -752

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 10,225

Total Puts 15,414

Put/Call Ratio 1.51

Net Difference -5,189

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 102,797

Total Puts 143,908

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.50

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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