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CATERPILLAR INC

$931.37 -2.21%

(7/10 18:00) ◀

Monday, July 13, 2026 (3:05pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/13 3:05pm) 19,170

Calls: 6,750 (35%)

Puts: 12,420 (65%)

Prior (07/10) 41,063

Calls: 25,833 (63%)

Puts: 15,230 (37%)

Current vs Prior -53.32%

Calls: -73.87% (Calls)

Puts: -18.45% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 221,860

Calls: 92,760 (42%)

Puts: 129,100 (58%)

Prior 7-Day Average 31,694

Calls: 13,251 (42%)

Puts: 18,442 (58%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -39.52%

Calls: -49.06%

Puts: -32.66%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/13 3:05pm) $43.18M

Calls: $21.07M (49%)

Puts: $22.11M (51%)

Prior (07/10) $79.21M

Calls: $50.24M (63%)

Puts: $28.98M (37%)

Current vs Prior -45.49%

Calls: -58.07%

Puts: -23.68%

Prior 7-Day Total $597.04M

Calls: $407.06M (68%)

Puts: $189.97M (32%)

Prior 7-Day Average $85.29M

Calls: $58.15M (68%)

Puts: $27.14M (32%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -49.37%

Calls: -63.78%

Puts: -18.51%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/13 3:05pm) 1.84

Prior (07/10) 0.59

Current vs Prior +212.10%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.49

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +23.52%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/13 3:05pm) 264,882

Calls: 125,788 (47%)

Puts: 139,094 (53%)

Prior (07/10) 285,888

Calls: 132,769 (46%)

Puts: 153,119 (54%)

Current vs Prior -7.35%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,765,860

Calls: 829,903 (47%)

Puts: 935,957 (53%)

Prior 7-Day Average 252,265

Calls: 118,557 (47%)

Puts: 133,708 (53%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +5.00%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 4.53% | 6.90%4.53% | 13.55%

Prior 3.17% | 6.53%6.53% | 14.56%

Current vs Prior +42.99% | +5.66%-30.64% | -6.98%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.07% | 6.12%6.25% | 14.21%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +47.55% | +12.86%-27.49% | -4.71%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.17% | 6.53%4.90% | 13.79%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +42.99% | +5.66%-7.59% | -1.80%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 7.82% | 6.38%

Calls: 3.55% | 6.15%

Puts: 12.10% | 6.60%

Prior 23.85% | 10.76%

Calls: 30.03% | 6.73%

Puts: 17.67% | 14.79%

Current vs Prior -67.21% | -40.71%

Prior 7-Day Avg 28.28% | 13.20%

Calls: 32.06% | 13.15%

Puts: 24.51% | 13.24%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -72.35% | -51.65%

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Below-average activity with volume down 53% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.84 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 212% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

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Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

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Prior 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 281 of results (avg 7.1%, best 2.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$920.00	Jul 24	36.50	37.60	$37.05	3.0%	--	0.57	11
$930.00	Jul 17	20.75	21.50	$21.13	3.5%	37	0.53	126
$980.00	Aug 21	40.50	42.00	$41.25	3.6%	7	0.41	367
$900.00	Aug 7	66.85	69.55	$68.20	4.0%	4	0.62	2
$940.00	Aug 7	46.25	48.25	$47.25	4.2%	7	0.50	3

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$980.00	Aug 21	85.95	88.10	$87.03	2.5%	3	0.59	136
$950.00	Aug 21	68.15	69.95	$69.05	2.6%	10	0.52	84
$1040.00	Aug 21	127.15	131.50	$129.32	3.4%	2	0.73	80
$940.00	Aug 21	62.70	64.85	$63.78	3.4%	18	0.49	250
$1060.00	Aug 21	142.80	147.70	$145.25	3.4%	2	0.77	103

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.11, cheapest $0.11)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$770.00	Jul 17	0.10	0.12	$0.11	18.2%	162	0.01	203

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 203 found (avg delta 0.74, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$750.00	Jul 24	178.00	189.00	$183.50	6.0%	--	1.00	10
$750.00	Jul 17	178.00	189.00	$183.50	6.0%	1	1.00	170
$760.00	Jul 17	168.00	177.95	$172.98	5.8%	--	1.00	48
$770.00	Jul 17	158.00	167.95	$162.98	6.1%	--	1.00	107
$780.00	Jul 17	148.00	157.95	$152.98	6.5%	--	1.00	179

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1035.00	Jul 17	100.00	107.85	$103.93	7.6%	1	1.00	39
$1040.00	Jul 17	102.15	112.70	$107.43	9.8%	1	1.00	80
$1045.00	Jul 17	108.20	118.00	$113.10	8.7%	--	1.00	25
$1050.00	Jul 17	113.00	123.00	$118.00	8.5%	3	1.00	71
$1055.00	Jul 17	118.05	127.95	$123.00	8.0%	--	1.00	44

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 394 active (total vol 9.1K, top 819)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1000.00	Jul 17	1.87	2.48	$2.17	28.1%	819	0.10	2.2K
$1020.00	Aug 21	27.40	29.10	$28.25	6.0%	717	0.31	710
$1100.00	Jul 17	0.02	0.24	$0.13	169.2%	171	0.01	495
$990.00	Jul 17	2.76	3.60	$3.18	26.4%	132	0.13	299
$980.00	Jul 17	4.00	4.95	$4.47	21.3%	129	0.17	590

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$920.00	Jul 17	13.15	14.90	$14.03	12.5%	817	0.39	907
$900.00	Jul 17	7.35	8.45	$7.90	13.9%	214	0.25	1.3K
$770.00	Jul 17	0.10	0.12	$0.11	18.2%	162	0.01	203
$850.00	Jul 17	1.20	1.52	$1.36	23.5%	158	0.06	628
$910.00	Jul 17	9.60	11.45	$10.52	17.6%	111	0.32	168

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 86 strikes (avg 12.5%, max 48.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$750.00	Jul 17	Aug 7	75.2%	50.8%	48.0%	1	180
$1090.00	Jul 17	Jul 31	63.5%	46.5%	36.7%	3	42
$760.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	70.4%	52.3%	34.7%	--	273
$780.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	66.9%	51.7%	29.3%	--	348
$1100.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	62.7%	49.2%	27.4%	205	1.0K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$750.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	75.2%	52.5%	43.2%	45	726
$770.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	71.3%	51.9%	37.3%	166	241
$760.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	70.4%	52.3%	34.7%	76	546
$780.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	66.9%	51.7%	29.3%	63	1.6K
$785.00	Jul 17	Aug 14	68.4%	53.2%	28.6%	11	2

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 358 found (best R:R 49.00, avg 4.74)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$1090.00	$1100.00	Jul 24	$0.23	$9.77	$0.23	42.48	$1090.23
$1020.00	$1025.00	Jul 17	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$1020.13
$1055.00	$1060.00	Jul 17	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$1055.15
$1005.00	$1010.00	Jul 17	$0.19	$4.81	$0.19	25.32	$1005.19
$1015.00	$1020.00	Jul 17	$0.19	$4.81	$0.19	25.32	$1015.19

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$775.00	$770.00	Jul 24	$0.10	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$774.90
$770.00	$760.00	Jul 31	$0.20	$9.80	$0.20	49.00	$769.80
$830.00	$825.00	Jul 17	$0.11	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$829.89
$805.00	$800.00	Jul 17	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$804.88
$825.00	$820.00	Jul 17	$0.18	$4.82	$0.18	26.78	$824.82

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 469 found (best R:R 65.67, avg 2.51)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$840.00	$850.00	Jul 17	$9.82	$9.82	$0.18	54.56	$849.82
$800.00	$810.00	Jul 17	$9.80	$9.80	$0.20	49.00	$809.80
$750.00	$820.00	Jul 24	$68.52	$68.52	$1.48	46.30	$818.52
$810.00	$820.00	Jul 17	$9.70	$9.70	$0.30	32.33	$819.70
$780.00	$790.00	Jul 17	$9.68	$9.68	$0.32	30.25	$789.68

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$1090.00	$1080.00	Jul 24	$9.85	$9.85	$0.15	65.67	$1080.15
$1060.00	$1050.00	Jul 24	$9.77	$9.77	$0.23	42.48	$1050.23
$1030.00	$1025.00	Jul 17	$4.80	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$1025.20
$1110.00	$1090.00	Jul 24	$19.20	$19.20	$0.80	24.00	$1090.80
$1025.00	$1020.00	Jul 24	$4.78	$4.78	$0.22	21.73	$1020.22

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 120 found (avg debit $6.71, cheapest $0.33)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$1070.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.84	57.8%	44.4%
$1100.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$1.08	62.7%	52.4%
$820.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$1.13	58.5%	47.3%
$1110.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$1.16	55.9%	49.3%
$1090.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$1.22	63.5%	51.7%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$750.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.33	75.2%	56.1%
$770.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.60	71.3%	54.9%
$780.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.77	66.9%	53.5%
$1110.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$1.05	55.9%	49.3%
$785.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$1.28	68.4%	56.9%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 191 found (cheapest 4.22% of stock, avg 11.13%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$935.00	Jul 17	$18.20	$21.08	$39.28	$895.72	$974.28	4.22%
$940.00	Jul 17	$15.77	$23.75	$39.52	$900.48	$979.52	4.24%
$925.00	Jul 17	$23.40	$16.35	$39.75	$885.25	$964.75	4.27%
$930.00	Jul 17	$21.13	$18.63	$39.76	$890.24	$969.76	4.27%
$920.00	Jul 17	$26.40	$14.03	$40.43	$879.57	$960.43	4.34%
$945.00	Jul 17	$13.80	$26.75	$40.55	$904.45	$985.55	4.35%
$950.00	Jul 17	$11.93	$29.40	$41.33	$908.67	$991.33	4.44%
$915.00	Jul 17	$29.25	$12.28	$41.53	$873.47	$956.53	4.46%
$910.00	Jul 17	$32.63	$10.52	$43.15	$866.85	$953.15	4.63%
$955.00	Jul 17	$10.20	$33.23	$43.43	$911.57	$998.43	4.66%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 2.22% of stock, avg 7.67%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$955.00	$910.00	Jul 17	$10.20	$10.52	$20.72	$889.28	$975.72
$950.00	$910.00	Jul 17	$11.93	$10.52	$22.45	$887.55	$972.45
$955.00	$915.00	Jul 17	$10.20	$12.28	$22.48	$892.52	$977.48
$950.00	$915.00	Jul 17	$11.93	$12.28	$24.21	$890.79	$974.21
$955.00	$920.00	Jul 17	$10.20	$14.03	$24.23	$895.77	$979.23
$945.00	$910.00	Jul 17	$13.80	$10.52	$24.32	$885.68	$969.32
$950.00	$920.00	Jul 17	$11.93	$14.03	$25.96	$894.04	$975.96
$945.00	$915.00	Jul 17	$13.80	$12.28	$26.08	$888.92	$971.08
$940.00	$910.00	Jul 17	$15.77	$10.52	$26.29	$883.71	$966.29
$955.00	$925.00	Jul 17	$10.20	$16.35	$26.55	$898.45	$981.55

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 401 found (best R:R 54.56, avg credit $9.25)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
800/805	810/820	Jul 17	$9.82	$0.18	54.56	$795.18	$819.82
840/845	860/865	Jul 24	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$840.10	$864.90
750/755	860/865	Jul 24	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$750.13	$864.87
840/845	900/905	Jul 24	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$840.15	$904.85
775/780	875/880	Aug 14	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$775.15	$879.85
810/820	860/870	Aug 14	$9.67	$0.33	29.30	$810.33	$869.67
755/760	865/870	Jul 24	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$755.17	$869.83
780/785	860/865	Jul 24	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$780.17	$864.83
835/840	860/865	Jul 24	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$835.17	$864.83
750/755	900/905	Jul 24	$4.82	$0.18	26.78	$750.18	$904.82

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 222 found (best R:R 141.86, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$800.00	$810.00	$820.00	Jul 17	$0.10	$9.90	99.00
$1065.00	$1070.00	$1075.00	Jul 17	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$1015.00	$1020.00	$1025.00	Jul 17	$0.06	$4.94	82.33
$880.00	$890.00	$900.00	Jul 24	$0.13	$9.87	75.92
$990.00	$995.00	$1000.00	Jul 17	$0.07	$4.93	70.43

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$860.00	$870.00	$880.00	Aug 21	$0.07	$9.93	141.86
$840.00	$845.00	$850.00	Jul 24	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$875.00	$880.00	$885.00	Jul 24	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$750.00	$760.00	$770.00	Aug 21	$0.11	$9.89	89.91
$770.00	$780.00	$790.00	Aug 21	$0.11	$9.89	89.91

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 128 found (best net $-17.77, 127 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$750.00	$850.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$17.77	$82.23
$750.00	$820.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$46.46	$23.54
$1080.00	$1100.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$4.28	$15.72
$1080.00	$1100.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$6.17	$13.83
$1080.00	$1100.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$9.41	$10.59

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$810.00	$790.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$7.28	$12.72
$770.00	$755.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$3.11	$11.89
$770.00	$760.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.01	$9.99
$760.00	$750.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.06	$9.94
$800.00	$785.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$5.08	$9.92

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 141 found (best yield 6.02%, avg 1.87%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$940.00	Aug 21	$56.10	0.51	0.9%	6.02%	6.95%	10	665
$935.00	Aug 14	$53.50	0.52	0.4%	5.74%	6.13%	1	5
$950.00	Aug 21	$51.65	0.48	2.0%	5.55%	7.55%	10	56
$945.00	Aug 14	$48.65	0.49	1.5%	5.22%	6.69%	1	3
$960.00	Aug 21	$47.95	0.46	3.1%	5.15%	8.22%	12	249
$940.00	Aug 7	$46.25	0.50	0.9%	4.97%	5.89%	7	3
$970.00	Aug 21	$44.25	0.43	4.2%	4.75%	8.90%	30	34
$945.00	Aug 7	$43.70	0.48	1.5%	4.69%	6.16%	--	23
$950.00	Aug 7	$41.60	0.47	2.0%	4.47%	6.47%	--	19
$980.00	Aug 21	$40.50	0.41	5.2%	4.35%	9.57%	7	367

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 6,750

Total Puts 12,420

Put/Call Ratio 1.84

Net Difference -5,670

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 25,833

Total Puts 15,230

Put/Call Ratio 0.59

Net Difference 10,603

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 92,760

Total Puts 129,100

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.49

Ratio Trend Rising

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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