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CATERPILLAR INC

$875.53 -4.24%

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/16 3:05pm) 34,498

Calls: 14,762 (43%)

Puts: 19,736 (57%)

Prior (07/15) 29,969

Calls: 11,163 (37%)

Puts: 18,806 (63%)

Current vs Prior +15.11%

Calls: +32.24% (Calls)

Puts: +4.95% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 209,071

Calls: 92,098 (44%)

Puts: 116,973 (56%)

Prior 7-Day Average 29,867

Calls: 13,156 (44%)

Puts: 16,710 (56%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +15.50%

Calls: +12.20%

Puts: +18.11%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/16 3:05pm) $98.72M

Calls: $35.42M (36%)

Puts: $63.30M (64%)

Prior (07/15) $64.44M

Calls: $39.94M (62%)

Puts: $24.50M (38%)

Current vs Prior +53.19%

Calls: -11.32%

Puts: +158.33%

Prior 7-Day Total $452.24M

Calls: $273.52M (60%)

Puts: $178.72M (40%)

Prior 7-Day Average $64.61M

Calls: $39.07M (60%)

Puts: $25.53M (40%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +52.80%

Calls: -9.35%

Puts: +147.91%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/16 3:05pm) 1.34

Prior (07/15) 1.68

Current vs Prior -20.64%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.53

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -12.65%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/16 3:05pm) 287,029

Calls: 133,164 (46%)

Puts: 153,865 (54%)

Prior (07/15) 277,695

Calls: 129,774 (47%)

Puts: 147,921 (53%)

Current vs Prior +3.36%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,867,564

Calls: 876,472 (47%)

Puts: 991,092 (53%)

Prior 7-Day Average 266,794

Calls: 125,210 (47%)

Puts: 141,584 (53%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +7.58%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 2.68% | 6.23%2.68% | 13.54%

Prior 3.95% | 6.41%3.95% | 13.64%

Current vs Prior -32.28% | -2.83%-32.28% | -0.77%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.13% | 6.28%5.28% | 13.92%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -14.48% | -0.85%-49.35% | -2.73%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.95% | 6.41%3.33% | 13.49%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -32.28% | -2.83%-19.65% | +0.35%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 19.87% | 8.17%

Calls: 20.22% | 8.28%

Puts: 19.51% | 8.06%

Prior 15.64% | 9.71%

Calls: 15.86% | 9.10%

Puts: 15.42% | 10.32%

Current vs Prior +27.05% | -15.86%

Prior 7-Day Avg 30.12% | 12.68%

Calls: 31.95% | 12.47%

Puts: 28.29% | 12.88%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -34.03% | -35.55%

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Moderately bearish flow with 64% put dollar volume ($63.30M). Elevated premium activity with dollar volume up 53% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (53% higher). Bearish P/C ratio of 1.34 indicates protective positioning.

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Retail Flow BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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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 251 of results (avg 7.7%, best 4.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1020.00	Aug 21	12.55	13.15	$12.85	4.7%	52	0.18	1.1K
$850.00	Aug 7	60.10	63.10	$61.60	4.9%	2	0.61	11
$710.00	Aug 21	169.00	178.40	$173.70	5.4%	--	0.89	78
$950.00	Aug 21	27.60	29.15	$28.38	5.5%	282	0.33	100
$840.00	Aug 21	75.50	79.95	$77.72	5.7%	3	0.63	97

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$895.00	Aug 7	55.45	58.10	$56.78	4.7%	7	0.55	15
$830.00	Aug 21	34.75	36.50	$35.63	4.9%	44	0.34	235
$870.00	Aug 7	42.65	44.80	$43.72	4.9%	16	0.46	25
$915.00	Aug 7	66.65	70.25	$68.45	5.3%	2	0.61	24
$905.00	Aug 7	60.40	63.75	$62.08	5.4%	1	0.58	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. 231 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$710.00	Jul 17	160.00	169.65	$164.83	5.9%	--	1.00	134
$720.00	Jul 17	150.00	160.45	$155.23	6.7%	--	1.00	192
$730.00	Jul 17	140.00	150.85	$145.43	7.5%	--	1.00	231
$740.00	Jul 17	130.00	140.35	$135.18	7.7%	--	0.99	87
$750.00	Jul 17	120.00	130.15	$125.08	8.1%	--	0.99	171

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$935.00	Jul 17	56.55	63.00	$59.78	10.8%	12	1.00	190
$940.00	Jul 17	61.75	68.00	$64.88	9.6%	27	1.00	173
$945.00	Jul 17	66.25	73.00	$69.63	9.7%	31	1.00	121
$950.00	Jul 17	72.15	78.00	$75.08	7.8%	33	1.00	310
$955.00	Jul 17	76.15	83.00	$79.58	8.6%	28	1.00	287

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 490 active (total vol 19.1K, top 995)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$940.00	Jul 17	0.18	0.42	$0.30	80.0%	519	0.03	754
$915.00	Jul 24	9.50	11.15	$10.33	16.0%	492	0.28	38
$1000.00	Jul 17	0.02	0.20	$0.11	163.6%	456	0.01	2.7K
$945.00	Jul 17	0.00	0.70	$0.35	200.0%	451	0.03	484
$950.00	Aug 21	27.60	29.15	$28.38	5.5%	282	0.33	100

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$1000.00	Jul 17	120.10	130.00	$125.05	7.9%	995	1.00	1.4K
$815.00	Jul 24	6.00	6.95	$6.48	14.7%	786	0.17	31
$770.00	Jul 31	5.10	6.10	$5.60	17.9%	590	0.11	32
$900.00	Jul 17	24.10	30.00	$27.05	21.8%	495	0.81	940
$845.00	Jul 24	12.90	14.50	$13.70	11.7%	431	0.31	448

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 117 strikes (avg 60.1%, max 183.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$1035.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	144.2%	50.8%	183.8%	5	145
$1050.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	135.8%	48.3%	181.1%	2	1.3K
$710.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	150.5%	55.5%	171.4%	--	212
$720.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	141.4%	55.2%	156.3%	--	253
$1030.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	123.1%	49.4%	149.2%	50	126

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$710.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	150.5%	54.1%	178.3%	99	211
$720.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	141.4%	52.8%	167.9%	30	367
$1040.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	124.2%	50.0%	148.4%	14	83
$730.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	133.2%	54.0%	146.7%	66	246
$740.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	130.0%	54.5%	138.3%	392	1.2K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 381 found (best R:R 44.45, avg 5.35)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$955.00	$960.00	Jul 17	$0.11	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$955.11
$1040.00	$1045.00	Jul 24	$0.11	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$1040.11
$1015.00	$1020.00	Jul 17	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$1015.12
$925.00	$930.00	Jul 17	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$925.13
$945.00	$950.00	Jul 17	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$945.13

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$770.00	$765.00	Jul 24	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$769.87
$785.00	$780.00	Jul 24	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$784.85
$715.00	$710.00	Aug 28	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$714.85
$815.00	$810.00	Jul 17	$0.17	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$814.83
$830.00	$825.00	Jul 17	$0.17	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$829.83

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 501 found (best R:R 180.82, avg 2.81)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$750.00	$760.00	Jul 17	$9.90	$9.90	$0.10	99.00	$759.90
$720.00	$730.00	Jul 17	$9.80	$9.80	$0.20	49.00	$729.80
$710.00	$720.00	Jul 17	$9.60	$9.60	$0.40	24.00	$719.60
$770.00	$780.00	Jul 17	$9.50	$9.50	$0.50	19.00	$779.50
$830.00	$840.00	Jul 17	$9.40	$9.40	$0.60	15.67	$839.40

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$1050.00	$1030.00	Jul 24	$19.89	$19.89	$0.11	180.82	$1030.11
$1050.00	$1045.00	Jul 31	$4.90	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$1045.10
$965.00	$960.00	Jul 17	$4.87	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$960.13
$1000.00	$995.00	Jul 17	$4.87	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$995.13
$1030.00	$1025.00	Jul 24	$4.86	$4.86	$0.14	34.71	$1025.14

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 122 found (avg debit $6.49, cheapest $0.35)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$1030.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.35	123.1%	52.8%
$1035.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.41	144.2%	58.4%
$1045.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.41	125.1%	56.7%
$1040.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.51	124.2%	57.0%
$1050.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.54	135.8%	60.7%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$1050.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.71	60.7%	50.2%
$720.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.85	141.4%	69.5%
$750.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.96	117.9%	58.5%
$740.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$1.27	130.0%	65.9%
$760.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$1.40	109.5%	58.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 217 found (cheapest 2.38% of stock, avg 11.80%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$880.00	Jul 17	$8.53	$12.30	$20.83	$859.17	$900.83	2.38%
$875.00	Jul 17	$11.13	$9.82	$20.95	$854.05	$895.95	2.39%
$870.00	Jul 17	$13.45	$7.68	$21.13	$848.87	$891.13	2.41%
$885.00	Jul 17	$6.43	$16.30	$22.73	$862.27	$907.73	2.60%
$860.00	Jul 17	$20.17	$4.68	$24.85	$835.15	$884.85	2.84%
$890.00	Jul 17	$5.00	$19.95	$24.95	$865.05	$914.95	2.85%
$895.00	Jul 17	$3.54	$23.33	$26.87	$868.13	$921.87	3.07%
$855.00	Jul 17	$23.98	$3.13	$27.11	$827.89	$882.11	3.10%
$900.00	Jul 17	$2.86	$27.05	$29.91	$870.09	$929.91	3.42%
$850.00	Jul 17	$28.40	$2.51	$30.91	$819.09	$880.91	3.53%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.68% of stock, avg 7.80%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$900.00	$855.00	Jul 17	$2.86	$3.13	$5.99	$849.01	$905.99
$895.00	$855.00	Jul 17	$3.54	$3.13	$6.67	$848.33	$901.67
$900.00	$860.00	Jul 17	$2.86	$4.68	$7.54	$852.46	$907.54
$890.00	$855.00	Jul 17	$5.00	$3.13	$8.13	$846.87	$898.13
$895.00	$860.00	Jul 17	$3.54	$4.68	$8.22	$851.78	$903.22
$900.00	$865.00	Jul 17	$2.86	$5.80	$8.66	$856.34	$908.66
$895.00	$865.00	Jul 17	$3.54	$5.80	$9.34	$855.66	$904.34
$885.00	$855.00	Jul 17	$6.43	$3.13	$9.56	$845.44	$894.56
$890.00	$860.00	Jul 17	$5.00	$4.68	$9.68	$850.32	$899.68
$900.00	$870.00	Jul 17	$2.86	$7.68	$10.54	$859.46	$910.54

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 511 found (best R:R 55.82, avg credit $7.58)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
720/725	750/775	Jul 24	$24.56	$0.44	55.82	$700.44	$774.56
720/725	810/820	Jul 24	$9.74	$0.26	37.46	$715.26	$819.74
730/740	750/760	Aug 21	$9.73	$0.27	36.04	$730.27	$759.73
790/795	820/825	Jul 24	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$790.15	$824.85
730/735	880/885	Aug 14	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$730.15	$884.85
805/810	920/925	Aug 28	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$805.15	$924.85
720/725	775/800	Jul 24	$24.24	$0.76	31.89	$700.76	$799.24
720/725	800/810	Jul 24	$9.67	$0.33	29.30	$715.33	$809.67
720/725	850/855	Jul 24	$4.81	$0.19	25.32	$720.19	$854.81
710/715	880/885	Aug 14	$4.81	$0.19	25.32	$710.19	$884.81

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 239 found (best R:R 124.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$990.00	$995.00	$1000.00	Jul 17	$0.06	$4.94	82.33
$1040.00	$1045.00	$1050.00	Jul 17	$0.06	$4.94	82.33
$750.00	$775.00	$800.00	Jul 24	$0.32	$24.68	77.12
$890.00	$900.00	$910.00	Aug 21	$0.13	$9.87	75.92
$990.00	$995.00	$1000.00	Aug 7	$0.07	$4.93	70.43

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$760.00	$770.00	$780.00	Aug 21	$0.08	$9.92	124.00
$830.00	$840.00	$850.00	Aug 21	$0.08	$9.92	124.00
$825.00	$830.00	$835.00	Jul 17	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$740.00	$750.00	$760.00	Jul 31	$0.10	$9.90	99.00
$965.00	$970.00	$975.00	Jul 17	$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. 148 found (best net $-4.22, 139 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$1010.00	$1040.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$5.16	$24.84
$810.00	$850.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$22.50	$17.50
$800.00	$850.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$33.94	$16.06
$1020.00	$1040.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$7.21	$12.79
$1000.00	$1020.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$9.22	$10.78

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$780.00	$750.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$4.22	$25.78
$785.00	$760.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$11.01	$13.99
$720.00	$705.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$3.23	$11.77
$740.00	$730.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.06	$9.94
$730.00	$720.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.08	$9.92

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 170 found (best yield 5.97%, avg 1.90%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$890.00	Aug 28	$52.25	0.49	1.6%	5.97%	7.62%	1	--
$880.00	Aug 21	$51.95	0.52	0.5%	5.93%	6.44%	43	202
$895.00	Aug 28	$49.10	0.48	2.2%	5.61%	7.83%	1	1
$880.00	Aug 14	$48.35	0.51	0.5%	5.52%	6.03%	5	3
$890.00	Aug 21	$48.15	0.49	1.6%	5.50%	7.15%	280	17
$900.00	Aug 28	$47.10	0.47	2.8%	5.38%	8.17%	3	4
$905.00	Aug 28	$45.00	0.46	3.4%	5.14%	8.51%	1	3
$900.00	Aug 21	$44.25	0.46	2.8%	5.05%	7.85%	112	745
$885.00	Aug 14	$44.05	0.49	1.1%	5.03%	6.11%	1	2
$910.00	Aug 28	$43.05	0.44	3.9%	4.92%	8.85%	2	20

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 14,762

Total Puts 19,736

Put/Call Ratio 1.34

Net Difference -4,974

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 11,163

Total Puts 18,806

Put/Call Ratio 1.68

Net Difference -7,643

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 92,098

Total Puts 116,973

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.53

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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