Tour v526
CAT
CATERPILLAR INC
$801.16 -1.94%
(8/27 18:01) ◀
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Friday, August 28, 2026 (3:05pm)
January 2026
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Option Volume

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/28 3:05pm) 26,428
Calls: 12,123 (46%)
Puts: 14,305 (54%)
Prior (08/27) 24,910
Calls: 9,021 (36%)
Puts: 15,889 (64%)
Current vs Prior +6.09%
Calls: +34.39% (Calls)
Puts: -9.97% (Puts)
Prior 7-Day Total 169,962
Calls: 71,316 (42%)
Puts: 98,646 (58%)
Prior 7-Day Average 24,280
Calls: 10,188 (42%)
Puts: 14,092 (58%)
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +8.85%
Calls: +18.99%
Puts: +1.51%
Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/28 3:05pm) $41.71M
Calls: $19.79M (47%)
Puts: $21.92M (53%)
Prior (08/27) $28.19M
Calls: $13.69M (49%)
Puts: $14.50M (51%)
Current vs Prior +47.98%
Calls: +44.58%
Puts: +51.20%
Prior 7-Day Total $327.54M
Calls: $125.25M (38%)
Puts: $202.29M (62%)
Prior 7-Day Average $46.79M
Calls: $17.89M (38%)
Puts: $28.90M (62%)
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -10.85%
Calls: +10.61%
Puts: -24.14%
Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/28 3:05pm) 1.18
Prior (08/27) 1.76
Current vs Prior -33.01%
Prior 7-Day Average 1.44
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -17.90%
Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/28 3:05pm) 297,232
Calls: 136,769 (46%)
Puts: 160,463 (54%)
Prior (08/27) 287,656
Calls: 133,146 (46%)
Puts: 154,510 (54%)
Current vs Prior +3.33%
Prior 7-Day Total 2,112,027
Calls: 1,000,739 (47%)
Puts: 1,111,288 (53%)
Prior 7-Day Average 301,718
Calls: 142,962 (47%)
Puts: 158,755 (53%)
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -1.49%
Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail
ℹ
Expiry (08/28) | Next (09/04)Expiry (09/18) | Next (10/16)
Current 0.78% | 4.05%7.11% | 11.27%
Prior 2.74% | 5.03%7.63% | 11.69%
Current vs Prior -71.67% | -19.37%-6.88% | -3.56%
Prior 7-Day Avg 2.76% | 5.18%4.73% | 10.31%
Current vs 7-Day Avg -71.91% | -21.75%+50.16% | +9.30%
Prior 7-Day Eod 2.74% | 5.03%7.24% | 11.45%
Current vs 7-Day Eod -71.67% | -19.37%-1.82% | -1.58%
Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail
ℹ
Expiry | Next
Current 69.07% | 10.89%
Calls: 56.82% | 9.13%
Puts: 81.32% | 12.65%
Prior 22.05% | 11.93%
Calls: 20.62% | 10.28%
Puts: 23.47% | 13.58%
Current vs Prior +213.24% | -8.72%
Prior 7-Day Avg 32.46% | 14.21%
Calls: 31.81% | 12.84%
Puts: 33.12% | 15.58%
Current vs 7-Day Avg +112.76% | -23.36%
Liquidity Expensive
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🤖 AI Insights

Slightly bearish P/C ratio of 1.18. P/C ratio dropping 33% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BEARISH
Retail Flow BEARISH
Overall BEARISH
Dollar Volume
Option Volume
Put/Call Ratio
Open Interest
Expected Move
Current BEARISH
Prior BEARISH
7-Day Avg BEARISH
Current NEUTRAL
Prior BEARISH
7-Day Avg NEUTRAL
Current NEUTRAL
Prior BEARISH
7-Day Avg NEUTRAL
Current NEUTRAL
Prior NEUTRAL
7-Day Avg NEUTRAL
Current NEUTRAL
Prior BULLISH
7-Day Avg BULLISH

📈 Options Analysis

🎯 Tightest Spreads
💰 Best Value Under $1
📊 High Delta (ITM)
🔥 High Volume
⏰ Backwardation
📈 Debit Spreads
📉 Credit Spreads
📅 Calendar Spreads
⚡ Straddles
🔀 Strangles
🦅 Iron Condors
🦋 Butterflies
⚖️ Ratio Spreads
🛡️ Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 117 of results (avg 7.7%, best 3.3%)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$715.00Aug 2884.1587.00$85.583.3%21.001
$720.00Aug 2879.1582.10$80.633.7%20.99--
$722.50Aug 2876.7579.70$78.223.8%10.92--
$725.00Aug 2874.3577.30$75.823.9%21.001
$805.00Sep 1824.8025.90$25.354.3%130.4910
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$920.00Sep 18116.20121.65$118.934.6%20.93306
$930.00Sep 18125.30131.40$128.354.8%--0.9341
$790.00Sep 1820.0521.10$20.585.1%250.421.3K
$960.00Sep 18153.00161.50$157.255.4%241.00125
$800.00Sep 2528.3029.95$29.135.7%90.4744

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. 192 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$750.00Aug 2849.0056.00$52.5013.3%11.002
$670.00Aug 28127.45137.05$132.257.3%--1.0012
$725.00Aug 2874.3577.30$75.823.9%21.001
$700.00Aug 2899.10105.40$102.256.2%11.007
$715.00Aug 2884.1587.00$85.583.3%21.001
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$810.00Aug 285.6010.70$8.1562.6%881.00677
$815.00Aug 2812.4015.70$14.0523.5%851.00602
$820.00Aug 2816.0520.80$18.4325.8%711.00153
$825.00Aug 2821.1526.00$23.5820.6%281.00152
$830.00Aug 2826.0030.95$28.4817.4%471.00125

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 422 active (total vol 14.4K, top 947)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$840.00Aug 280.000.06$0.03200.0%5280.01690
$830.00Sep 44.905.80$5.3516.8%4990.24653
$880.00Sep 40.260.60$0.4379.1%4300.03244
$825.00Sep 45.857.40$6.6323.4%2470.2882
$850.00Sep 41.512.23$1.8738.5%1800.11102
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$780.00Sep 45.706.50$6.1013.1%9470.27207
$800.00Aug 280.721.50$1.1170.3%9350.401.3K
$800.00Sep 413.4514.55$14.007.9%6850.48277
$795.00Aug 280.070.23$0.15106.7%5100.081.0K
$760.00Aug 280.002.53$1.26200.8%4080.09636

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 3 strikes (avg 38.3%, max 41.6%)

CALLS (2)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNear IVFar IVBack%VolOI
$800.00Aug 28Oct 948.5%34.2%41.6%12084
$805.00Aug 28Oct 944.9%34.1%31.7%9125
PUTS (1)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNear IVFar IVBack%VolOI
$800.00Aug 28Oct 948.5%34.2%41.6%9361.3K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 304 found (best R:R 10.17, avg 6.33)

BULL CALL (5)
BuySellExpiryDebitMax GainMax LossPOPR:RBE
$900.00$945.00Oct 9$4.03$40.97$4.0319%10.17$904.03
$760.00$795.00Sep 25$21.98$13.02$21.9873%0.59$781.98
$810.00$815.00Sep 25$0.97$4.03$0.9748%4.15$810.97
$785.00$790.00Oct 9$1.58$3.42$1.5860%2.16$786.58
$860.00$870.00Oct 2$1.32$8.68$1.3228%6.58$861.32
BEAR PUT (5)
BuySellExpiryDebitMax GainMax LossPOPR:RBE
$815.00$810.00Oct 2$1.48$3.52$1.4854%2.38$813.52
$755.00$750.00Oct 9$0.36$4.64$0.3628%12.89$754.64
$795.00$790.00Sep 25$1.35$3.65$1.3545%2.70$793.65
$825.00$820.00Sep 25$2.18$2.82$2.1859%1.29$822.82
$785.00$780.00Sep 25$1.18$3.82$1.1839%3.24$783.82

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 254 found (best R:R 4.88, avg 0.48)

BEAR CALL (5)
SellBuyExpiryCreditMax GainMax LossPOPR:RBE
$930.00$935.00Aug 28$2.12$2.12$2.8893%0.74$932.12
$877.50$880.00Aug 28$2.13$2.13$0.3791%5.76$879.63
$860.00$862.50Aug 28$2.00$2.00$0.5090%4.00$862.00
$872.50$875.00Sep 4$2.00$2.00$0.5090%4.00$874.50
$935.00$940.00Sep 11$1.61$1.61$3.3993%0.47$936.61
BULL PUT (5)
SellBuyExpiryCreditMax GainMax LossPOPR:RBE
$790.00$785.00Sep 25$4.15$4.15$0.8558%4.88$785.85
$727.50$725.00Aug 28$2.14$2.14$0.3692%5.94$725.36
$705.00$700.00Aug 28$2.10$2.10$2.9093%0.72$702.90
$722.50$720.00Aug 28$2.10$2.10$0.4092%5.25$720.40
$742.50$740.00Aug 28$2.12$2.12$0.3891%5.58$740.38

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 5 found (avg debit $8.57, cheapest $12.89)

CALLS (3)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNet DebitNear IVFar IV
$800.00Aug 28Sep 4$13.5048.5%32.6%
$817.50Sep 4Sep 11$5.2337.2%34.8%
$812.50Sep 4Sep 11$6.1534.0%34.5%
PUTS (2)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNet DebitNear IVFar IV
$800.00Aug 28Sep 4$12.8948.5%32.6%
$812.50Sep 4Sep 11$5.0734.0%34.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 141 found (cheapest 0.44% of stock, avg 7.09%)

StrikeExpiryCall$Put$TotalBE LowBE HighCost%
$800.00Aug 28$2.38$1.11$3.49$796.51$803.490.44%
$805.00Aug 28$0.41$3.83$4.24$800.76$809.240.53%
$795.00Aug 28$7.55$0.15$7.70$787.30$802.700.96%
$810.00Aug 28$0.07$8.15$8.22$801.78$818.221.03%
$790.00Aug 28$12.38$0.06$12.44$777.56$802.441.55%
$815.00Aug 28$0.05$14.05$14.10$800.90$829.101.76%
$785.00Aug 28$17.13$0.07$17.20$767.80$802.202.15%
$820.00Aug 28$0.10$18.43$18.53$801.47$838.532.31%
$780.00Aug 28$21.33$0.03$21.36$758.64$801.362.67%
$825.00Aug 28$0.03$23.58$23.61$801.39$848.612.95%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.21% of stock, avg 4.44%)

Call KPut KExpiryCall$Put$TotalBE LowBE High
$805.00$760.00Aug 28$0.41$1.26$1.67$758.33$806.67
$805.00$800.00Aug 28$0.41$1.11$1.52$798.48$806.52
$805.00$742.50Aug 28$0.41$2.15$2.56$739.94$807.56
$805.00$737.50Aug 28$0.41$2.15$2.56$734.94$807.56
$805.00$735.00Aug 28$0.41$2.15$2.56$732.44$807.56
$877.50$760.00Aug 28$2.15$1.26$3.41$756.59$880.91
$860.00$760.00Aug 28$2.15$1.26$3.41$756.59$863.41
$930.00$760.00Aug 28$2.15$1.26$3.41$756.59$933.41
$940.00$760.00Aug 28$2.15$1.26$3.41$756.59$943.41
$877.50$737.50Aug 28$2.15$2.15$4.30$733.20$881.80

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 321 found (best R:R 5.41, avg credit $2.42)

Put SpreadCall SpreadExpiryCreditMax LossPOPR:RBE LowBE High
700/705930/935Aug 28$4.22$0.7887%5.41$700.78$934.22
725/728930/935Aug 28$4.26$0.7485%5.76$723.24$934.26
720/722930/935Aug 28$4.22$0.7886%5.41$718.28$934.22
700/705878/880Aug 28$4.23$0.7784%5.49$700.77$881.73
740/742930/935Aug 28$4.24$0.7684%5.58$738.26$934.24
675/680930/935Aug 28$3.87$1.1388%3.42$676.13$933.87
700/705860/862Aug 28$4.10$0.9083%4.56$700.90$864.10
675/680878/880Aug 28$3.88$1.1285%3.46$676.12$881.38
730/735930/935Aug 28$3.77$1.2385%3.07$731.23$933.77
675/680860/862Aug 28$3.75$1.2584%3.00$676.25$863.75

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 248 found (best R:R 1.84, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)
LowMidHighExpiryDebitMax GainPOPR:R
$700.00$725.00$750.00Sep 11$1.08$23.9212%22.15
$800.00$805.00$810.00Aug 28$1.63$3.3758%2.07
$730.00$740.00$750.00Sep 18$0.15$9.858%65.67
$740.00$750.00$760.00Sep 18$0.27$9.739%36.04
$800.00$805.00$810.00Sep 4$0.08$4.9211%61.50
PUTS (5)
LowMidHighExpiryDebitMax GainPOPR:R
$795.00$800.00$805.00Aug 28$1.76$3.2483%1.84
$800.00$805.00$810.00Aug 28$1.60$3.4060%2.13
$790.00$795.00$800.00Aug 28$0.87$4.1337%4.75
$780.00$785.00$790.00Sep 4$0.05$4.9510%99.00
$775.00$780.00$785.00Sep 18$0.06$4.946%82.33

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 260 found (best net $-9.50, 218 credits)

CALLS (5)
Buy KSell KRatioExpiryNetMax Gain
$805.00$855.001:2Oct 9-$0.50$49.50
$760.00$795.001:2Sep 25-$13.44$21.56
$900.00$945.001:2Oct 9-$2.07$42.93
$790.00$795.001:2Aug 28-$2.72$2.28
$810.00$815.001:2Aug 28-$0.03$4.97
PUTS (5)
Buy KSell KRatioExpiryNetMax Gain
$940.00$865.001:2Oct 2-$9.50$65.50
$815.00$810.001:2Aug 28-$2.25$2.75
$790.00$785.001:2Aug 28-$0.08$4.92
$775.00$770.001:2Aug 28-$0.01$4.99
$720.00$715.001:2Aug 28-$0.01$4.99

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 134 found (best yield 4.61%, avg 1.10%)

StrikeExpiryBidDeltaOTM%Yield%If Called%VolOI
$805.00Oct 9$36.900.510.5%4.61%5.09%1--
$855.00Oct 9$18.650.336.7%2.33%9.05%12--
$820.00Oct 2$26.950.442.4%3.36%5.72%31
$810.00Oct 2$30.550.491.1%3.81%4.92%25
$830.00Oct 2$23.150.403.6%2.89%6.49%1418
$825.00Oct 2$24.300.423.0%3.03%6.01%310
$835.00Oct 2$21.050.384.2%2.63%6.85%19
$865.00Oct 9$15.300.298.0%1.91%9.88%8--
$840.00Oct 2$19.500.364.8%2.43%7.28%16
$870.00Oct 9$13.950.278.6%1.74%10.33%21

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 12,123
Total Puts 14,305
Put/Call Ratio 1.18
Net Difference -2,182

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 9,021
Total Puts 15,889
Put/Call Ratio 1.76
Net Difference -6,868

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 71,316
Total Puts 98,646
Average Put/Call Ratio 1.44
Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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