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CATERPILLAR INC

$906.29 -2.90%

(7/14 18:03) ◀

Wednesday, July 15, 2026 (3:05pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/15 3:05pm) 29,969

Calls: 11,163 (37%)

Puts: 18,806 (63%)

Prior (07/14) 21,876

Calls: 7,461 (34%)

Puts: 14,415 (66%)

Current vs Prior +36.99%

Calls: +49.62% (Calls)

Puts: +30.46% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 222,312

Calls: 98,764 (44%)

Puts: 123,548 (56%)

Prior 7-Day Average 31,758

Calls: 14,109 (44%)

Puts: 17,649 (56%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -5.64%

Calls: -20.88%

Puts: +6.55%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/15 3:05pm) $64.44M

Calls: $39.94M (62%)

Puts: $24.50M (38%)

Prior (07/14) $36.61M

Calls: $17.45M (48%)

Puts: $19.15M (52%)

Current vs Prior +76.04%

Calls: +128.84%

Puts: +27.93%

Prior 7-Day Total $537.41M

Calls: $331.20M (62%)

Puts: $206.22M (38%)

Prior 7-Day Average $76.77M

Calls: $47.31M (62%)

Puts: $29.46M (38%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -16.06%

Calls: -15.59%

Puts: -16.83%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/15 3:05pm) 1.68

Prior (07/14) 1.93

Current vs Prior -12.80%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.47

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +14.85%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/15 3:05pm) 277,695

Calls: 129,774 (47%)

Puts: 147,921 (53%)

Prior (07/14) 271,719

Calls: 127,810 (47%)

Puts: 143,909 (53%)

Current vs Prior +2.20%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,847,240

Calls: 867,700 (47%)

Puts: 979,540 (53%)

Prior 7-Day Average 263,891

Calls: 123,957 (47%)

Puts: 139,934 (53%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +5.23%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

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

Current 3.50% | 6.19%3.50% | 13.38%

Prior 4.53% | 6.90%4.53% | 13.55%

Current vs Prior -22.77% | -10.29%-22.77% | -1.23%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.90% | 6.13%5.58% | 14.01%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +20.57% | +1.09%-37.28% | -4.49%

Prior 7-Day Eod 4.53% | 6.90%3.85% | 13.61%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -22.77% | -10.29%-9.08% | -1.72%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 18.45% | 15.03%

Calls: 20.61% | 10.75%

Puts: 16.30% | 19.31%

Prior 7.82% | 6.38%

Calls: 3.55% | 6.15%

Puts: 12.10% | 6.60%

Current vs Prior +135.93% | +135.58%

Prior 7-Day Avg 32.19% | 13.27%

Calls: 34.04% | 12.61%

Puts: 30.33% | 13.92%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -42.68% | +13.28%

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Moderately bullish flow with 62% call dollar volume ($39.94M). Elevated premium activity with dollar volume up 76% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.68 - heavy put buying.

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Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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Current BULLISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

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 146 of results (avg 7.8%, best 2.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$905.00	Aug 7	49.00	50.15	$49.58	2.3%	330	0.53	--
$900.00	Aug 21	61.30	64.00	$62.65	4.3%	322	0.55	601
$740.00	Aug 21	174.35	182.30	$178.33	4.5%	1	0.90	502
$740.00	Aug 7	169.40	177.40	$173.40	4.6%	2	0.90	--
$730.00	Aug 21	182.50	191.15	$186.83	4.6%	2	0.91	287

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$860.00	Aug 21	35.70	37.00	$36.35	3.6%	14	0.34	282
$880.00	Aug 21	43.80	46.15	$44.97	5.2%	28	0.39	953
$1080.00	Aug 14	172.10	182.50	$177.30	5.9%	2	0.87	18
$940.00	Aug 21	73.35	78.00	$75.68	6.1%	1	0.55	259
$920.00	Aug 21	61.70	65.75	$63.73	6.4%	83	0.50	720

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. 244 found (avg delta 0.75, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$730.00	Jul 24	173.50	182.95	$178.23	5.3%	2	1.00	--
$750.00	Jul 24	153.05	162.95	$158.00	6.3%	--	1.00	10
$760.00	Jul 17	143.65	152.50	$148.07	6.0%	--	1.00	47
$780.00	Jul 17	123.90	132.55	$128.23	6.7%	12	1.00	179
$730.00	Jul 17	173.50	182.70	$178.10	5.2%	--	1.00	231

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$990.00	Jul 17	79.00	88.00	$83.50	10.8%	--	1.00	140
$995.00	Jul 17	84.00	91.80	$87.90	8.9%	1	1.00	61
$1000.00	Jul 17	89.00	98.00	$93.50	9.6%	4	1.00	1.4K
$1005.00	Jul 17	94.00	102.45	$98.23	8.6%	--	1.00	131
$1010.00	Jul 17	99.00	107.00	$103.00	7.8%	8	1.00	162

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 516 active (total vol 14.8K, top 607)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1000.00	Jul 24	2.43	3.65	$3.04	40.1%	607	0.10	530
$1000.00	Jul 17	0.20	0.50	$0.35	85.7%	491	0.02	2.9K
$970.00	Jul 17	0.65	1.24	$0.95	62.1%	428	0.06	391
$1005.00	Jul 24	1.97	3.25	$2.61	49.0%	378	0.09	24
$905.00	Aug 7	49.00	50.15	$49.58	2.3%	330	0.53	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$860.00	Jul 17	1.48	2.64	$2.06	56.3%	461	0.11	921
$860.00	Jul 24	9.60	11.85	$10.73	21.0%	394	0.24	278
$855.00	Jul 24	8.90	10.70	$9.80	18.4%	391	0.23	45
$920.00	Jul 17	19.85	24.45	$22.15	20.8%	339	0.63	1.1K
$830.00	Jul 31	9.95	11.90	$10.93	17.8%	336	0.19	90

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 126 strikes (avg 30.8%, max 112.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$740.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	115.8%	54.4%	112.9%	6	589
$730.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	112.8%	55.1%	104.9%	2	518
$1055.00	Jul 17	Aug 14	90.2%	50.2%	79.7%	27	91
$1065.00	Jul 17	Aug 14	89.1%	50.4%	76.9%	4	38
$1080.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	85.2%	49.2%	73.2%	62	2.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$740.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	115.8%	54.4%	112.9%	145	1.1K
$730.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	112.8%	53.4%	111.1%	69	235
$795.00	Jul 17	Aug 14	96.2%	52.5%	83.3%	4	11
$750.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	97.9%	53.7%	82.2%	61	683
$785.00	Jul 17	Aug 14	99.5%	55.5%	79.4%	2	10

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 394 found (best R:R 89.91, avg 5.80)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$1070.00	$1080.00	Aug 14	$0.17	$9.83	$0.17	57.82	$1070.17
$965.00	$970.00	Jul 17	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$965.12
$1040.00	$1045.00	Jul 17	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$1040.12
$1055.00	$1060.00	Aug 7	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$1055.12
$1005.00	$1010.00	Jul 24	$0.14	$4.86	$0.14	34.71	$1005.14

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$770.00	$760.00	Jul 17	$0.11	$9.89	$0.11	89.91	$769.89
$740.00	$730.00	Jul 17	$0.12	$9.88	$0.12	82.33	$739.88
$755.00	$750.00	Aug 28	$0.10	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$754.90
$840.00	$835.00	Jul 17	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$839.88
$815.00	$810.00	Jul 17	$0.14	$4.86	$0.14	34.71	$814.86

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 516 found (best R:R 65.67, avg 2.60)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$820.00	$830.00	Jul 17	$9.85	$9.85	$0.15	65.67	$829.85
$830.00	$840.00	Jul 17	$9.85	$9.85	$0.15	65.67	$839.85
$770.00	$780.00	Jul 17	$9.77	$9.77	$0.23	42.48	$779.77
$810.00	$820.00	Jul 17	$9.70	$9.70	$0.30	32.33	$819.70
$750.00	$800.00	Jul 24	$48.15	$48.15	$1.85	26.03	$798.15

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$1080.00	$1060.00	Jul 24	$19.46	$19.46	$0.54	36.04	$1060.54
$1045.00	$1040.00	Jul 31	$4.86	$4.86	$0.14	34.71	$1040.14
$930.00	$925.00	Jul 31	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$925.15
$970.00	$965.00	Jul 31	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$965.15
$1040.00	$1035.00	Jul 31	$4.82	$4.82	$0.18	26.78	$1035.18

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 126 found (avg debit $6.50, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$730.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.13	112.8%	72.3%
$1080.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.50	85.2%	53.6%
$1075.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.97	85.7%	58.1%
$1070.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$1.03	74.7%	56.9%
$1085.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$1.11	87.2%	61.7%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$735.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.06	75.0%	57.1%
$750.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.44	97.9%	57.8%
$760.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.44	87.2%	53.8%
$1080.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.65	53.6%	51.6%
$730.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.93	112.8%	72.3%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 234 found (cheapest 3.21% of stock, avg 11.58%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$910.00	Jul 17	$13.18	$15.95	$29.13	$880.87	$939.13	3.21%
$905.00	Jul 17	$15.77	$13.48	$29.25	$875.75	$934.25	3.23%
$915.00	Jul 17	$11.08	$19.00	$30.08	$884.92	$945.08	3.32%
$900.00	Jul 17	$18.83	$11.48	$30.31	$869.69	$930.31	3.34%
$895.00	Jul 17	$21.38	$9.23	$30.61	$864.39	$925.61	3.38%
$920.00	Jul 17	$9.32	$22.15	$31.47	$888.53	$951.47	3.47%
$925.00	Jul 17	$7.45	$24.58	$32.03	$892.97	$957.03	3.53%
$890.00	Jul 17	$24.90	$7.65	$32.55	$857.45	$922.55	3.59%
$885.00	Jul 17	$28.68	$5.85	$34.53	$850.47	$919.53	3.81%
$930.00	Jul 17	$5.63	$29.05	$34.68	$895.32	$964.68	3.83%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 1.27% of stock, avg 7.82%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$930.00	$885.00	Jul 17	$5.63	$5.85	$11.48	$873.52	$941.48
$925.00	$885.00	Jul 17	$7.45	$5.85	$13.30	$871.70	$938.30
$930.00	$890.00	Jul 17	$5.63	$7.65	$13.28	$876.72	$943.28
$930.00	$895.00	Jul 17	$5.63	$9.23	$14.86	$880.14	$944.86
$920.00	$885.00	Jul 17	$9.32	$5.85	$15.17	$869.83	$935.17
$925.00	$890.00	Jul 17	$7.45	$7.65	$15.10	$874.90	$940.10
$925.00	$895.00	Jul 17	$7.45	$9.23	$16.68	$878.32	$941.68
$915.00	$885.00	Jul 17	$11.08	$5.85	$16.93	$868.07	$931.93
$920.00	$890.00	Jul 17	$9.32	$7.65	$16.97	$873.03	$936.97
$930.00	$900.00	Jul 17	$5.63	$11.48	$17.11	$882.89	$947.11

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 422 found (best R:R 226.27, avg credit $10.41)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
730/740	775/800	Aug 7	$24.89	$0.11	226.27	$715.11	$799.89
730/740	770/780	Jul 17	$9.89	$0.11	89.91	$730.11	$779.89
730/735	860/870	Jul 24	$9.89	$0.11	89.91	$725.11	$869.89
800/810	830/840	Aug 28	$9.83	$0.17	57.82	$800.17	$839.83
730/740	810/820	Jul 17	$9.82	$0.18	54.56	$730.18	$819.82
760/770	810/820	Jul 17	$9.81	$0.19	51.63	$760.19	$819.81
800/805	870/875	Jul 31	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$800.11	$874.89
750/760	770/780	Aug 21	$9.77	$0.23	42.48	$750.23	$779.77
740/745	750/800	Jul 24	$48.70	$1.30	37.46	$696.30	$798.70
760/770	780/790	Aug 21	$9.73	$0.27	36.04	$760.27	$789.73

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 239 found (best R:R 332.33, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$950.00	$960.00	$970.00	Aug 21	$0.08	$9.92	124.00
$955.00	$960.00	$965.00	Aug 7	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$780.00	$790.00	$800.00	Aug 21	$0.10	$9.90	99.00
$1040.00	$1045.00	$1050.00	Jul 17	$0.06	$4.94	82.33
$1000.00	$1005.00	$1010.00	Jul 17	$0.07	$4.93	70.43

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$1040.00	$1060.00	$1080.00	Aug 21	$0.06	$19.94	332.33
$890.00	$900.00	$910.00	Aug 21	$0.09	$9.91	110.11
$740.00	$750.00	$760.00	Jul 17	$0.11	$9.89	89.91
$830.00	$840.00	$850.00	Aug 21	$0.11	$9.89	89.91
$750.00	$760.00	$770.00	Jul 17	$0.14	$9.86	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. 148 found (best net $-5.27, 139 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$1015.00	$1045.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$5.27	$24.73
$1025.00	$1050.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$11.95	$13.05
$1060.00	$1080.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$7.46	$12.54
$1040.00	$1060.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$10.35	$9.65
$1060.00	$1070.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.61	$9.39

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$770.00	$750.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$4.32	$15.68
$800.00	$775.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$10.51	$14.49
$750.00	$730.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$5.56	$14.44
$760.00	$750.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.12	$9.88
$760.00	$750.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.20	$9.80

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 162 found (best yield 6.58%, avg 1.79%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$910.00	Aug 28	$59.60	0.53	0.4%	6.58%	6.99%	11	--
$910.00	Aug 21	$55.85	0.53	0.4%	6.16%	6.57%	93	15
$920.00	Aug 21	$52.00	0.50	1.5%	5.74%	7.25%	9	143
$910.00	Aug 14	$51.40	0.52	0.4%	5.67%	6.08%	5	7
$915.00	Aug 14	$47.30	0.50	1.0%	5.22%	6.18%	1	5
$930.00	Aug 21	$47.15	0.47	2.6%	5.20%	7.82%	10	54
$920.00	Aug 14	$44.45	0.49	1.5%	4.90%	6.42%	54	5
$910.00	Aug 7	$44.00	0.51	0.4%	4.85%	5.26%	15	10
$940.00	Aug 21	$43.45	0.45	3.7%	4.79%	8.51%	6	670
$915.00	Aug 7	$43.35	0.50	1.0%	4.78%	5.74%	--	16

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 11,163

Total Puts 18,806

Put/Call Ratio 1.68

Net Difference -7,643

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 7,461

Total Puts 14,415

Put/Call Ratio 1.93

Net Difference -6,954

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 98,764

Total Puts 123,548

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.47

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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Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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