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CATERPILLAR INC

$881.69 +0.52%

(7/16 18:01) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/17 3:05pm) 28,971

Calls: 12,321 (43%)

Puts: 16,650 (57%)

Prior (07/16) 34,498

Calls: 14,762 (43%)

Puts: 19,736 (57%)

Current vs Prior -16.02%

Calls: -16.54% (Calls)

Puts: -15.64% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 192,899

Calls: 81,976 (42%)

Puts: 110,923 (58%)

Prior 7-Day Average 27,557

Calls: 11,710 (42%)

Puts: 15,846 (58%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +5.13%

Calls: +5.21%

Puts: +5.07%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/17 3:05pm) $84.21M

Calls: $56.21M (67%)

Puts: $27.99M (33%)

Prior (07/16) $98.72M

Calls: $35.42M (36%)

Puts: $63.30M (64%)

Current vs Prior -14.70%

Calls: +58.70%

Puts: -55.77%

Prior 7-Day Total $419.54M

Calls: $261.98M (62%)

Puts: $157.56M (38%)

Prior 7-Day Average $59.93M

Calls: $37.43M (62%)

Puts: $22.51M (38%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +40.50%

Calls: +50.20%

Puts: +24.38%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/17 3:05pm) 1.35

Prior (07/16) 1.34

Current vs Prior +1.08%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.60

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -15.77%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/17 3:05pm) 293,305

Calls: 138,081 (47%)

Puts: 155,224 (53%)

Prior (07/16) 287,029

Calls: 133,164 (46%)

Puts: 153,865 (54%)

Current vs Prior +2.19%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,882,589

Calls: 883,211 (47%)

Puts: 999,378 (53%)

Prior 7-Day Average 268,941

Calls: 126,173 (47%)

Puts: 142,768 (53%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +9.06%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

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

Current 0.90% | 6.14%0.90% | 13.89%

Prior 3.50% | 6.19%3.50% | 13.38%

Current vs Prior -74.37% | -0.87%-74.37% | +3.79%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.48% | 6.36%5.28% | 13.92%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -74.21% | -3.44%-83.02% | -0.23%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.50% | 6.19%2.65% | 13.37%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -74.37% | -0.87%-66.20% | +3.84%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 71.65% | 14.33%

Calls: 65.17% | 15.50%

Puts: 78.13% | 13.16%

Prior 18.45% | 15.03%

Calls: 20.61% | 10.75%

Puts: 16.30% | 19.31%

Current vs Prior +288.35% | -4.66%

Prior 7-Day Avg 21.86% | 12.26%

Calls: 21.62% | 11.41%

Puts: 22.11% | 13.11%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +227.72% | +16.88%

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Moderately bullish flow with 67% call dollar volume ($56.21M). Bearish P/C ratio of 1.35 indicates protective positioning.

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Overall BEARISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 148 of results (avg 7.8%, best 3.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$900.00	Aug 21	49.90	51.90	$50.90	3.9%	69	0.48	775
$710.00	Aug 21	179.70	187.45	$183.58	4.2%	--	0.89	78
$720.00	Aug 21	170.65	179.15	$174.90	4.9%	2	0.89	61
$740.00	Aug 21	153.90	161.60	$157.75	4.9%	1	0.86	502
$750.00	Aug 21	145.90	153.30	$149.60	4.9%	2	0.84	1

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$890.00	Aug 21	60.00	62.60	$61.30	4.2%	23	0.49	365
$900.00	Aug 21	65.05	67.95	$66.50	4.4%	23	0.52	629
$840.00	Aug 21	37.85	39.60	$38.73	4.5%	68	0.35	612
$850.00	Aug 21	41.80	43.80	$42.80	4.7%	59	0.38	386
$960.00	Aug 21	100.30	105.50	$102.90	5.1%	1	0.67	123

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. 240 found (avg delta 0.78, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$710.00	Jul 17	170.60	180.00	$175.30	5.4%	2	1.00	134
$730.00	Jul 17	150.60	160.00	$155.30	6.1%	--	1.00	231
$750.00	Jul 17	129.85	138.20	$134.02	6.2%	27	1.00	171
$760.00	Jul 17	120.40	128.40	$124.40	6.4%	1	1.00	47
$770.00	Jul 17	110.60	120.00	$115.30	8.2%	1	1.00	105

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$925.00	Jul 17	38.00	45.20	$41.60	17.3%	17	1.00	78
$960.00	Jul 17	73.00	80.65	$76.83	10.0%	12	1.00	37
$965.00	Jul 17	78.00	85.45	$81.72	9.1%	1	1.00	5
$970.00	Jul 17	83.00	90.65	$86.83	8.8%	7	1.00	59
$1010.00	Jul 17	120.00	131.65	$125.83	9.3%	1	1.00	53

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 534 active (total vol 17.4K, top 952)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$925.00	Aug 7	27.05	32.40	$29.73	18.0%	952	0.39	57
$875.00	Jul 17	6.15	12.00	$9.07	64.5%	704	0.85	94
$950.00	Jul 24	4.05	4.90	$4.47	19.0%	379	0.15	249
$900.00	Jul 17	0.00	0.10	$0.05	200.0%	332	0.02	557
$885.00	Jul 17	0.61	2.27	$1.44	115.3%	266	0.36	26

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$840.00	Jul 17	0.01	0.19	$0.10	180.0%	726	0.01	486
$865.00	Jul 17	0.05	0.25	$0.15	133.3%	583	0.04	167
$880.00	Jul 17	1.35	2.38	$1.87	55.1%	548	0.35	650
$860.00	Jul 17	0.00	0.40	$0.20	200.0%	443	0.04	986
$785.00	Jul 31	6.85	8.85	$7.85	25.5%	384	0.14	23

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 124 strikes (avg 511.9%, max 1663.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$720.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	1015.7%	57.7%	1660.3%	2	253
$740.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	966.1%	55.9%	1627.0%	3	589
$1055.00	Jul 17	Aug 14	736.1%	50.9%	1347.4%	7	98
$1045.00	Jul 17	Aug 7	712.3%	53.5%	1230.7%	3	338
$730.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	742.6%	56.9%	1204.4%	--	518

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$740.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	976.0%	55.3%	1663.6%	42	542
$720.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	1015.7%	57.7%	1659.6%	33	766
$1025.00	Jul 17	Jul 31	701.1%	49.7%	1310.6%	--	35
$730.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	742.6%	54.3%	1268.3%	84	278
$785.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	705.7%	54.9%	1185.9%	43	29

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 399 found (best R:R 51.63, avg 5.35)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$985.00	$990.00	Jul 17	$0.10	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$985.10
$1035.00	$1040.00	Aug 7	$0.10	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$1035.10
$935.00	$940.00	Jul 17	$0.11	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$935.11
$1035.00	$1040.00	Jul 17	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$1035.12
$980.00	$985.00	Jul 31	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$980.12

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$770.00	$760.00	Jul 17	$0.19	$9.81	$0.19	51.63	$769.81
$740.00	$735.00	Jul 24	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$739.88
$735.00	$730.00	Aug 7	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$734.85
$755.00	$750.00	Aug 7	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$754.85
$860.00	$855.00	Jul 17	$0.17	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$859.83

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 512 found (best R:R 65.67, avg 2.28)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$710.00	$730.00	Jul 24	$19.70	$19.70	$0.30	65.67	$729.70
$810.00	$820.00	Jul 17	$9.84	$9.84	$0.16	61.50	$819.84
$750.00	$760.00	Jul 17	$9.62	$9.62	$0.38	25.32	$759.62
$845.00	$850.00	Jul 17	$4.77	$4.77	$0.23	20.74	$849.77
$715.00	$745.00	Jul 31	$28.30	$28.30	$1.70	16.65	$743.30

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$965.00	$960.00	Jul 17	$4.89	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$960.11
$1015.00	$1010.00	Jul 31	$4.87	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$1010.13
$1005.00	$1000.00	Jul 17	$4.83	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$1000.17
$1015.00	$1010.00	Jul 24	$4.82	$4.82	$0.18	26.78	$1010.18
$960.00	$950.00	Jul 17	$9.58	$9.58	$0.42	22.81	$950.42

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 126 found (avg debit $7.56, cheapest $0.20)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$1030.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.36	554.8%	53.9%
$1050.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.44	552.9%	59.5%
$1020.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.56	384.6%	52.3%
$1040.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.59	431.8%	58.3%
$1015.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.61	665.9%	60.1%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$715.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.20	84.2%	61.1%
$785.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.60	705.7%	60.9%
$750.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.63	634.0%	62.8%
$1020.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.90	384.6%	52.3%
$1000.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$1.05	335.9%	50.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 231 found (cheapest 0.63% of stock, avg 11.52%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$885.00	Jul 17	$1.44	$4.15	$5.59	$879.41	$890.59	0.63%
$880.00	Jul 17	$3.76	$1.87	$5.63	$874.37	$885.63	0.64%
$890.00	Jul 17	$0.53	$7.28	$7.81	$882.19	$897.81	0.89%
$875.00	Jul 17	$9.07	$0.65	$9.72	$865.28	$884.72	1.10%
$895.00	Jul 17	$0.25	$12.25	$12.50	$882.50	$907.50	1.42%
$870.00	Jul 17	$13.68	$0.21	$13.89	$856.11	$883.89	1.58%
$865.00	Jul 17	$18.63	$0.15	$18.78	$846.22	$883.78	2.13%
$900.00	Jul 17	$0.05	$19.50	$19.55	$880.45	$919.55	2.22%
$860.00	Jul 17	$22.25	$0.20	$22.45	$837.55	$882.45	2.55%
$905.00	Jul 17	$0.10	$22.78	$22.88	$882.12	$927.88	2.60%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 165 found (cheapest 0.10% of stock, avg 8.28%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$895.00	$875.00	Jul 17	$0.25	$0.65	$0.90	$874.10	$895.90
$890.00	$875.00	Jul 17	$0.53	$0.65	$1.18	$873.82	$891.18
$885.00	$875.00	Jul 17	$1.44	$0.65	$2.09	$872.91	$887.09
$895.00	$880.00	Jul 17	$0.25	$1.87	$2.12	$877.88	$897.12
$895.00	$795.00	Jul 17	$0.25	$2.08	$2.33	$792.67	$897.33
$890.00	$880.00	Jul 17	$0.53	$1.87	$2.40	$877.60	$892.40
$895.00	$805.00	Jul 17	$0.25	$2.15	$2.40	$802.60	$897.40
$895.00	$785.00	Jul 17	$0.25	$2.15	$2.40	$782.60	$897.40
$890.00	$805.00	Jul 17	$0.53	$2.15	$2.68	$802.32	$892.68
$890.00	$795.00	Jul 17	$0.53	$2.08	$2.61	$792.39	$892.61

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 472 found (best R:R 44.45, avg credit $8.74)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
745/750	810/815	Jul 31	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$745.11	$814.89
730/740	750/760	Aug 21	$9.78	$0.22	44.45	$730.22	$759.78
730/732	780/790	Jul 31	$9.72	$0.28	34.71	$722.78	$789.72
732/735	780/790	Jul 31	$9.69	$0.31	31.26	$725.31	$789.69
725/730	775/790	Jul 24	$14.46	$0.54	26.78	$715.54	$789.46
750/755	800/810	Jul 31	$9.63	$0.37	26.03	$745.37	$809.63
725/730	800/815	Jul 24	$14.39	$0.61	23.59	$715.61	$814.39
715/722	780/790	Jul 31	$9.58	$0.42	22.81	$712.92	$789.58
745/750	780/790	Jul 31	$9.57	$0.43	22.26	$740.43	$789.57
740/742	790/795	Jul 31	$4.77	$0.23	20.74	$737.73	$794.77

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 251 found (best R:R 124.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$820.00	$830.00	$840.00	Aug 21	$0.08	$9.92	124.00
$900.00	$910.00	$920.00	Aug 21	$0.09	$9.91	110.11
$710.00	$720.00	$730.00	Aug 21	$0.11	$9.89	89.91
$850.00	$855.00	$860.00	Jul 17	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$905.00	$910.00	$915.00	Jul 17	$0.07	$4.93	70.43

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$765.00	$770.00	$775.00	Jul 24	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$780.00	$785.00	$790.00	Jul 24	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$820.00	$825.00	$830.00	Aug 7	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$940.00	$950.00	$960.00	Aug 21	$0.15	$9.85	65.67
$795.00	$800.00	$805.00	Jul 24	$0.08	$4.92	61.50

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 159 found (best net $-2.25, 125 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$1010.00	$1050.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$2.25	$37.75
$1020.00	$1040.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$7.86	$12.14
$1000.00	$1020.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$9.78	$10.22
$1000.00	$1020.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$14.05	$5.95
$925.00	$930.00	1:2	Jul 17	$0.00	$5.00

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$780.00	$750.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$7.17	$22.83
$800.00	$780.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$9.88	$10.12
$780.00	$770.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.22	$9.78
$760.00	$750.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.43	$9.57
$730.00	$720.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$2.61	$7.39

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 153 found (best yield 6.87%, avg 1.99%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$885.00	Aug 28	$60.60	0.53	0.4%	6.87%	7.25%	1	1
$890.00	Aug 21	$54.35	0.51	0.9%	6.16%	7.11%	17	279
$885.00	Aug 14	$50.50	0.52	0.4%	5.73%	6.10%	1	3
$900.00	Aug 21	$49.90	0.48	2.1%	5.66%	7.74%	69	775
$910.00	Aug 28	$49.85	0.47	3.2%	5.65%	8.86%	6	21
$890.00	Aug 14	$47.65	0.51	0.9%	5.40%	6.35%	4	15
$915.00	Aug 28	$47.05	0.46	3.8%	5.34%	9.11%	1	6
$895.00	Aug 14	$45.55	0.50	1.5%	5.17%	6.68%	1	--
$885.00	Aug 7	$45.30	0.52	0.4%	5.14%	5.51%	2	6
$910.00	Aug 21	$44.90	0.46	3.2%	5.09%	8.30%	29	61

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 12,321

Total Puts 16,650

Put/Call Ratio 1.35

Net Difference -4,329

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 14,762

Total Puts 19,736

Put/Call Ratio 1.34

Net Difference -4,974

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 81,976

Total Puts 110,923

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.60

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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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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