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CATERPILLAR INC

$861.57 -1.94%

(7/17 18:02) ◀

Monday, July 20, 2026 (3:05pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/20 3:05pm) 24,643

Calls: 8,938 (36%)

Puts: 15,705 (64%)

Prior (07/17) 28,971

Calls: 12,321 (43%)

Puts: 16,650 (57%)

Current vs Prior -14.94%

Calls: -27.46% (Calls)

Puts: -5.68% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 197,543

Calls: 88,482 (45%)

Puts: 109,061 (55%)

Prior 7-Day Average 28,220

Calls: 12,640 (45%)

Puts: 15,580 (55%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -12.68%

Calls: -29.29%

Puts: +0.80%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/20 3:05pm) $52.58M

Calls: $18.57M (35%)

Puts: $34.00M (65%)

Prior (07/17) $84.21M

Calls: $56.21M (67%)

Puts: $27.99M (33%)

Current vs Prior -37.56%

Calls: -66.96%

Puts: +21.46%

Prior 7-Day Total $458.52M

Calls: $255.10M (56%)

Puts: $203.41M (44%)

Prior 7-Day Average $65.50M

Calls: $36.44M (56%)

Puts: $29.06M (44%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -19.73%

Calls: -49.04%

Puts: +17.01%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/20 3:05pm) 1.76

Prior (07/17) 1.35

Current vs Prior +30.03%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.42

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +23.59%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/20 3:05pm) 235,467

Calls: 116,824 (50%)

Puts: 118,643 (50%)

Prior (07/17) 293,305

Calls: 138,081 (47%)

Puts: 155,224 (53%)

Current vs Prior -19.72%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,919,986

Calls: 897,638 (47%)

Puts: 1,022,348 (53%)

Prior 7-Day Average 274,283

Calls: 128,234 (47%)

Puts: 146,049 (53%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -14.15%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (07/24) | Next (07/31)Expiry (08/21) | Next (09/18)

Current 5.28% | 8.21%13.28% | 17.10%

Prior 2.68% | 6.23%2.68% | 13.54%

Current vs Prior +97.26% | +31.88%+396.39% | +26.29%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.25% | 6.26%4.68% | 13.81%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +62.56% | +31.23%+184.02% | +23.80%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.68% | 6.23%0.85% | 14.10%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +97.26% | +31.88%+1463.36% | +21.27%

Sentiment BEARISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 16.16% | 15.32%

Calls: 16.39% | 15.57%

Puts: 15.93% | 15.07%

Prior 19.87% | 8.17%

Calls: 20.22% | 8.28%

Puts: 19.51% | 8.06%

Current vs Prior -18.67% | +87.52%

Prior 7-Day Avg 21.90% | 11.46%

Calls: 20.81% | 10.14%

Puts: 22.99% | 12.78%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -26.22% | +33.68%

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Moderately bearish flow with 65% put dollar volume ($34.00M). Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.76 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 30% - increased hedging/bearish positioning. Declining open interest (down 20%) indicates positions being closed.

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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 173 of results (avg 7.3%, best 2.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$830.00	Aug 7	63.30	66.30	$64.80	4.6%	1	0.64	5
$880.00	Aug 21	47.70	50.15	$48.93	5.0%	50	0.49	310
$710.00	Aug 21	162.30	171.05	$166.68	5.2%	--	0.89	78
$720.00	Aug 21	154.05	162.45	$158.25	5.3%	--	0.88	60
$690.00	Aug 21	179.05	188.95	$184.00	5.4%	--	0.92	24

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$905.00	Aug 7	69.05	70.85	$69.95	2.6%	12	0.61	19
$870.00	Aug 21	57.10	59.30	$58.20	3.8%	17	0.49	155
$970.00	Aug 21	120.65	125.45	$123.05	3.9%	--	0.75	17
$1000.00	Jul 24	135.10	140.50	$137.80	3.9%	2	1.00	27
$990.00	Aug 21	136.25	142.15	$139.20	4.2%	2	0.79	45

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. 198 found (avg delta 0.73, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$750.00	Jul 24	110.95	120.85	$115.90	8.5%	--	0.98	15
$730.00	Jul 31	132.85	143.00	$137.93	7.4%	2	0.95	11
$775.00	Jul 24	87.00	94.00	$90.50	7.7%	--	0.94	11
$690.00	Aug 21	179.05	188.95	$184.00	5.4%	--	0.92	24
$700.00	Aug 21	169.65	180.00	$174.83	5.9%	--	0.90	49

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$980.00	Jul 24	111.00	124.00	$117.50	11.1%	1	1.00	30
$985.00	Jul 24	116.00	126.40	$121.20	8.6%	--	1.00	10
$990.00	Jul 24	121.00	131.35	$126.18	8.2%	--	1.00	38
$995.00	Jul 24	126.00	136.25	$131.13	7.8%	1	1.00	26
$1000.00	Jul 24	135.10	140.50	$137.80	3.9%	2	1.00	27

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 426 active (total vol 13.3K, top 1.5K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$870.00	Aug 7	42.35	44.70	$43.53	5.4%	538	0.51	--
$1000.00	Jul 24	0.21	0.49	$0.35	80.0%	167	0.02	697
$900.00	Jul 24	7.55	9.65	$8.60	24.4%	111	0.26	137
$960.00	Jul 24	0.88	1.43	$1.16	47.4%	111	0.05	211
$950.00	Jul 24	1.50	2.20	$1.85	37.8%	107	0.07	548

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$830.00	Jul 31	16.90	20.35	$18.63	18.5%	1.5K	0.32	384
$840.00	Jul 31	21.20	24.45	$22.83	14.2%	1.5K	0.37	83
$740.00	Aug 7	7.40	8.80	$8.10	17.3%	1.2K	0.12	30
$785.00	Jul 24	1.75	2.73	$2.24	43.7%	523	0.08	722
$800.00	Jul 31	9.00	12.70	$10.85	34.1%	266	0.21	83

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 118 strikes (avg 19.9%, max 106.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$1005.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	82.7%	52.6%	57.3%	5	379
$1030.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	77.9%	53.4%	46.0%	4	47
$1025.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	70.9%	51.6%	37.4%	2	232
$1010.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	70.2%	52.4%	33.9%	8	418
$1000.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	65.2%	52.7%	23.6%	172	702

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$695.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	116.9%	56.6%	106.3%	55	--
$715.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	109.8%	55.9%	96.4%	29	12
$710.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	103.0%	58.6%	75.9%	1	232
$730.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	91.5%	54.5%	68.0%	7	65
$1005.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	82.7%	52.6%	57.3%	2	45

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 365 found (best R:R 49.00, avg 4.27)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$990.00	$995.00	Aug 7	$0.18	$4.82	$0.18	26.78	$990.18
$967.50	$970.00	Jul 31	$0.11	$2.39	$0.11	21.73	$967.61
$1020.00	$1025.00	Aug 7	$0.22	$4.78	$0.22	21.73	$1020.22
$1005.00	$1010.00	Jul 31	$0.23	$4.77	$0.23	20.74	$1005.23
$945.00	$947.50	Jul 24	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	19.83	$945.12

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$730.00	$725.00	Jul 31	$0.10	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$729.90
$700.00	$695.00	Jul 31	$0.16	$4.84	$0.16	30.25	$699.84
$745.00	$740.00	Jul 24	$0.18	$4.82	$0.18	26.78	$744.82
$765.00	$760.00	Jul 31	$0.20	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$764.80
$795.00	$790.00	Jul 31	$0.21	$4.79	$0.21	22.81	$794.79

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 477 found (best R:R 40.67, avg 1.97)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$840.00	$845.00	Jul 24	$4.72	$4.72	$0.28	16.86	$844.72
$775.00	$795.00	Jul 24	$18.55	$18.55	$1.45	12.79	$793.55
$790.00	$795.00	Jul 31	$4.62	$4.62	$0.38	12.16	$794.62
$690.00	$700.00	Aug 21	$9.17	$9.17	$0.83	11.05	$699.17
$730.00	$780.00	Jul 31	$45.83	$45.83	$4.17	10.99	$775.83

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$1005.00	$1000.00	Jul 31	$4.88	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$1000.12
$1000.00	$995.00	Jul 31	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$995.15
$990.00	$985.00	Jul 31	$4.82	$4.82	$0.18	26.78	$985.18
$985.00	$980.00	Jul 31	$4.80	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$980.20
$940.00	$935.00	Aug 7	$4.78	$4.78	$0.22	21.73	$935.22

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 114 found (avg debit $7.13, cheapest $0.88)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$1030.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$1.04	77.9%	57.2%
$1005.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$1.07	82.7%	56.0%
$1015.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$1.23	71.4%	54.4%
$1025.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$1.30	70.9%	56.6%
$1020.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$1.45	63.1%	55.4%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$700.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.88	86.0%	65.7%
$705.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$1.07	78.4%	64.7%
$730.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$1.11	91.5%	63.4%
$980.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$1.20	62.3%	56.2%
$1005.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$1.28	82.7%	56.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 187 found (cheapest 5.01% of stock, avg 12.76%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$860.00	Jul 24	$22.88	$20.25	$43.13	$816.87	$903.13	5.01%
$870.00	Jul 24	$18.05	$25.35	$43.40	$826.60	$913.40	5.04%
$865.00	Jul 24	$20.95	$22.60	$43.55	$821.45	$908.55	5.05%
$855.00	Jul 24	$26.13	$17.88	$44.01	$810.99	$899.01	5.11%
$875.00	Jul 24	$16.48	$27.90	$44.38	$830.62	$919.38	5.15%
$850.00	Jul 24	$29.15	$16.02	$45.17	$804.83	$895.17	5.24%
$845.00	Jul 24	$31.63	$14.05	$45.68	$799.32	$890.68	5.30%
$880.00	Jul 24	$14.88	$30.88	$45.76	$834.24	$925.76	5.31%
$885.00	Jul 24	$12.35	$33.95	$46.30	$838.70	$931.30	5.37%
$840.00	Jul 24	$36.35	$12.13	$48.48	$791.52	$888.48	5.63%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 2.84% of stock, avg 8.99%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$885.00	$840.00	Jul 24	$12.35	$12.13	$24.48	$815.52	$909.48
$885.00	$845.00	Jul 24	$12.35	$14.05	$26.40	$818.60	$911.40
$880.00	$840.00	Jul 24	$14.88	$12.13	$27.01	$812.99	$907.01
$885.00	$850.00	Jul 24	$12.35	$16.02	$28.37	$821.63	$913.37
$875.00	$840.00	Jul 24	$16.48	$12.13	$28.61	$811.39	$903.61
$880.00	$845.00	Jul 24	$14.88	$14.05	$28.93	$816.07	$908.93
$870.00	$840.00	Jul 24	$18.05	$12.13	$30.18	$809.82	$900.18
$885.00	$855.00	Jul 24	$12.35	$17.88	$30.23	$824.77	$915.23
$875.00	$845.00	Jul 24	$16.48	$14.05	$30.53	$814.47	$905.53
$880.00	$850.00	Jul 24	$14.88	$16.02	$30.90	$819.10	$910.90

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 471 found (best R:R 152.85, avg credit $7.77)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
690/695	775/795	Jul 24	$19.87	$0.13	152.85	$675.13	$794.87
710/720	740/750	Aug 21	$9.82	$0.18	54.56	$710.18	$749.82
705/710	775/795	Jul 24	$19.62	$0.38	51.63	$690.38	$794.62
690/700	740/750	Aug 21	$9.78	$0.22	44.45	$690.22	$749.78
775/780	870/875	Aug 14	$4.86	$0.14	34.71	$775.14	$874.86
690/700	710/720	Aug 21	$9.71	$0.29	33.48	$690.29	$719.71
760/765	795/800	Jul 24	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$760.15	$799.85
735/740	790/795	Jul 31	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$735.15	$794.85
720/730	740/750	Aug 21	$9.68	$0.32	30.25	$720.32	$749.68
710/715	775/795	Jul 24	$19.33	$0.67	28.85	$695.67	$794.33

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 197 found (best R:R 99.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$970.00	$980.00	$990.00	Aug 28	$0.10	$9.90	99.00
$895.00	$900.00	$905.00	Jul 24	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$760.00	$780.00	$800.00	Aug 21	$0.30	$19.70	65.67
$740.00	$750.00	$760.00	Aug 21	$0.16	$9.84	61.50
$985.00	$990.00	$995.00	Aug 7	$0.12	$4.88	40.67

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$965.00	$970.00	$975.00	Aug 7	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$900.00	$905.00	$910.00	Aug 21	$0.06	$4.94	82.33
$810.00	$815.00	$820.00	Jul 24	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$740.00	$750.00	$760.00	Jul 31	$0.14	$9.86	70.43
$890.00	$895.00	$900.00	Aug 14	$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. 110 found (best net $-1.55, 104 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$1000.00	$1020.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$8.13	$11.87
$965.00	$985.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$10.47	$9.53
$985.00	$1000.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$6.80	$8.20
$990.00	$995.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.29	$4.71
$975.00	$980.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.34	$4.66

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$715.00	$700.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$1.55	$13.45
$770.00	$750.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$8.77	$11.23
$730.00	$715.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$4.26	$10.74
$740.00	$730.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$2.11	$7.89
$750.00	$740.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$2.26	$7.74

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 160 found (best yield 6.85%, avg 2.20%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$865.00	Aug 28	$59.00	0.53	0.4%	6.85%	7.25%	1	--
$870.00	Aug 28	$56.70	0.52	1.0%	6.58%	7.56%	3	6
$875.00	Aug 28	$54.35	0.51	1.6%	6.31%	7.87%	14	1
$870.00	Aug 21	$52.40	0.52	1.0%	6.08%	7.06%	36	9
$880.00	Aug 28	$52.30	0.50	2.1%	6.07%	8.21%	5	2
$885.00	Aug 28	$50.45	0.49	2.7%	5.86%	8.58%	1	2
$875.00	Aug 21	$49.95	0.50	1.6%	5.80%	7.36%	4	--
$865.00	Aug 14	$48.15	0.53	0.4%	5.59%	5.99%	4	--
$870.00	Aug 14	$48.00	0.51	1.0%	5.57%	6.55%	36	9
$880.00	Aug 21	$47.70	0.49	2.1%	5.54%	7.68%	50	310

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 8,938

Total Puts 15,705

Put/Call Ratio 1.76

Net Difference -6,767

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 12,321

Total Puts 16,650

Put/Call Ratio 1.35

Net Difference -4,329

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 88,482

Total Puts 109,061

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.42

Ratio Trend Rising

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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