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CATERPILLAR INC

$792.28 +1.68%

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as of 09/02 06:01 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/02) 28,265

Calls: 11,800 (42%)

Puts: 16,465 (58%)

Prior (09/01) 36,657

Calls: 16,319 (45%)

Puts: 20,338 (55%)

Current vs Prior -22.89%

Calls: -27.69% (Calls)

Puts: -19.04% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 199,112

Calls: 80,945 (41%)

Puts: 118,167 (59%)

Prior 7-Day Average 28,444

Calls: 11,563 (41%)

Puts: 16,881 (59%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -0.63%

Calls: +2.04%

Puts: -2.46%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/02) $49.99M

Calls: $24.00M (48%)

Puts: $25.99M (52%)

Prior (09/01) $68.74M

Calls: $24.17M (35%)

Puts: $44.57M (65%)

Current vs Prior -27.27%

Calls: -0.70%

Puts: -41.69%

Prior 7-Day Total $318.88M

Calls: $160.65M (50%)

Puts: $158.23M (50%)

Prior 7-Day Average $45.55M

Calls: $22.95M (50%)

Puts: $22.60M (50%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +9.74%

Calls: +4.59%

Puts: +14.97%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/02) 1.40

Prior (09/01) 1.25

Current vs Prior +11.96%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.52

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -8.08%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/02) 293,754

Calls: 137,562 (47%)

Puts: 156,192 (53%)

Prior (09/01) 284,774

Calls: 133,062 (47%)

Puts: 151,712 (53%)

Current vs Prior +3.15%

Prior 7-Day Total 2,029,814

Calls: 948,183 (47%)

Puts: 1,081,631 (53%)

Prior 7-Day Average 289,973

Calls: 135,454 (47%)

Puts: 154,518 (53%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +1.30%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (09/04) | Next (09/11)Expiry (09/18) | Next (10/16)

Current 2.75% | 4.57%6.17% | 10.55%

Prior 3.24% | 5.18%6.40% | 10.87%

Current vs Prior -15.09% | -11.68%-3.67% | -2.96%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.28% | 5.28%6.20% | 11.04%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -16.01% | -13.38%-0.51% | -4.43%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.24% | 5.18%6.40% | 10.87%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -15.09% | -11.68%-3.67% | -2.96%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 36.02% | 13.16%

Calls: 33.74% | 6.80%

Puts: 38.30% | 19.51%

Prior 17.19% | 20.17%

Calls: 17.84% | 13.27%

Puts: 16.54% | 27.08%

Current vs Prior +109.54% | -34.75%

Prior 7-Day Avg 37.72% | 15.94%

Calls: 36.64% | 12.39%

Puts: 38.80% | 19.50%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -4.50% | -17.46%

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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 75 of results (avg 7.5%, best 3.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$650.00	Oct 16	146.70	152.30	$149.50	3.7%	--	0.93	42
$640.00	Oct 16	154.70	162.20	$158.45	4.7%	1	0.93	--
$700.00	Oct 16	102.10	107.30	$104.70	5.0%	1	0.85	16
$670.00	Oct 9	125.45	132.30	$128.88	5.3%	1	0.92	--
$750.00	Oct 16	64.70	68.35	$66.53	5.5%	1	0.70	19

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$950.00	Sep 18	154.10	160.50	$157.30	4.1%	2	1.00	--
$830.00	Oct 16	57.30	60.25	$58.78	5.0%	4	0.61	91
$750.00	Oct 16	19.00	20.00	$19.50	5.1%	59	0.30	1.2K
$900.00	Oct 16	110.20	116.10	$113.15	5.2%	2	0.81	117
$910.00	Sep 18	114.30	120.80	$117.55	5.5%	--	0.95	25

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. 178 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$635.00	Sep 4	149.40	165.00	$157.20	9.9%	6	1.00	--
$720.00	Sep 4	69.00	77.00	$73.00	11.0%	1	1.00	12
$730.00	Sep 4	59.00	66.65	$62.83	12.2%	--	0.99	10
$640.00	Sep 18	149.70	158.70	$154.20	5.8%	11	0.99	176
$650.00	Sep 18	137.10	148.40	$142.75	7.9%	--	0.98	10

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$845.00	Sep 4	49.00	56.00	$52.50	13.3%	1	1.00	18
$850.00	Sep 4	54.00	61.00	$57.50	12.2%	1	1.00	21
$855.00	Sep 4	59.00	66.00	$62.50	11.2%	--	1.00	10
$900.00	Sep 11	103.55	114.60	$109.07	10.1%	7	1.00	1
$940.00	Sep 11	143.70	154.00	$148.85	6.9%	--	1.00	12

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 413 active (total vol 16.2K, top 1.3K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$845.00	Sep 18	5.55	9.65	$7.60	53.9%	510	0.22	12
$885.00	Sep 11	0.02	1.11	$0.57	191.2%	409	0.03	204
$800.00	Sep 4	5.20	6.05	$5.63	15.1%	308	0.38	683
$790.00	Sep 25	28.90	32.15	$30.53	10.6%	301	0.53	3
$815.00	Sep 25	15.70	22.05	$18.88	33.6%	298	0.39	30

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$730.00	Sep 18	3.45	4.35	$3.90	23.1%	1.3K	0.13	674
$700.00	Sep 18	1.50	1.65	$1.58	9.5%	1.2K	0.06	2.6K
$770.00	Sep 18	12.05	13.75	$12.90	13.2%	528	0.33	390
$760.00	Sep 4	0.56	1.11	$0.84	65.5%	404	0.08	514
$640.00	Oct 16	1.29	2.78	$2.04	73.0%	313	0.04	338

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 21 strikes (avg 13.2%, max 27.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$785.00	Sep 4	Oct 9	43.5%	34.0%	27.9%	36	39
$812.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	40.0%	32.8%	21.7%	57	76
$770.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	41.8%	34.5%	21.2%	22	84
$775.00	Sep 4	Sep 25	41.6%	34.4%	20.9%	58	21
$780.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	41.2%	35.3%	17.0%	58	115

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$785.00	Sep 4	Oct 2	43.5%	34.9%	24.7%	63	190
$775.00	Sep 4	Oct 9	41.6%	33.9%	22.7%	44	181
$770.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	41.8%	34.5%	21.2%	202	919
$780.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	41.2%	35.3%	17.0%	306	1.2K
$790.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	38.3%	34.6%	10.8%	213	562

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 320 found (best R:R 1.49, avg 7.31)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$770.00	$780.00	Oct 16	$4.02	$5.98	$4.02	62%	1.49	$774.02
$885.00	$940.00	Oct 9	$3.44	$51.56	$3.44	17%	14.99	$888.44
$890.00	$900.00	Oct 16	$0.35	$9.65	$0.35	20%	27.57	$890.35
$820.00	$830.00	Oct 16	$2.43	$7.57	$2.43	42%	3.12	$822.43
$740.00	$750.00	Oct 16	$5.72	$4.28	$5.72	73%	0.75	$745.72

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$800.00	$795.00	Oct 2	$1.07	$3.93	$1.07	52%	3.67	$798.93
$870.00	$865.00	Sep 18	$3.28	$1.72	$3.28	88%	0.52	$866.72
$880.00	$870.00	Oct 16	$6.55	$3.45	$6.55	77%	0.53	$873.45
$790.00	$785.00	Sep 4	$0.90	$4.10	$0.90	44%	4.56	$789.10
$850.00	$845.00	Sep 18	$3.15	$1.85	$3.15	82%	0.59	$846.85

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 259 found (best R:R 2.94, avg 0.39)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$825.00	$830.00	Sep 18	$3.73	$3.73	$1.27	68%	2.94	$828.73
$880.00	$885.00	Oct 2	$2.72	$2.72	$2.28	82%	1.19	$882.72
$920.00	$925.00	Sep 4	$2.00	$2.00	$3.00	93%	0.67	$922.00
$795.00	$800.00	Sep 11	$4.00	$4.00	$1.00	51%	4.00	$799.00
$840.00	$845.00	Oct 2	$2.75	$2.75	$2.25	69%	1.22	$842.75

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$755.00	$750.00	Oct 2	$2.85	$2.85	$2.15	70%	1.33	$752.15
$665.00	$660.00	Oct 2	$1.63	$1.63	$3.37	93%	0.48	$663.37
$745.00	$740.00	Oct 2	$2.57	$2.57	$2.43	74%	1.06	$742.43
$780.00	$770.00	Oct 16	$5.32	$5.32	$4.68	57%	1.14	$774.68
$680.00	$675.00	Sep 4	$1.40	$1.40	$3.60	94%	0.39	$678.60

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 10 found (avg debit $7.29, cheapest $6.92)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$785.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$8.40	43.5%	33.9%
$805.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$6.35	40.9%	33.4%
$790.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$7.94	38.3%	33.9%
$795.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$8.27	41.2%	36.8%
$800.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$7.32	37.0%	33.2%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$785.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$6.92	43.5%	33.9%
$805.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$6.43	40.9%	33.4%
$795.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$6.47	41.2%	36.8%
$790.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$8.32	38.3%	33.9%
$800.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$6.50	37.0%	33.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 127 found (cheapest 2.27% of stock, avg 7.45%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$790.00	Sep 4	$10.73	$7.23	$17.96	$772.04	$807.96	2.27%
$800.00	Sep 4	$5.63	$14.03	$19.66	$780.34	$819.66	2.48%
$795.00	Sep 4	$8.68	$11.08	$19.76	$775.24	$814.76	2.49%
$785.00	Sep 4	$13.60	$6.33	$19.93	$765.07	$804.93	2.52%
$780.00	Sep 4	$16.27	$4.20	$20.47	$759.53	$800.47	2.58%
$805.00	Sep 4	$4.75	$16.90	$21.65	$783.35	$826.65	2.73%
$810.00	Sep 4	$2.90	$20.02	$22.92	$787.08	$832.92	2.89%
$775.00	Sep 4	$21.23	$2.98	$24.21	$750.79	$799.21	3.06%
$815.00	Sep 4	$1.96	$23.98	$25.94	$789.06	$840.94	3.27%
$770.00	Sep 4	$24.88	$2.04	$26.92	$743.08	$796.92	3.40%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.60% of stock, avg 4.94%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$812.50	$770.00	Sep 4	$2.69	$2.04	$4.73	$765.27	$817.23
$810.00	$770.00	Sep 4	$2.90	$2.04	$4.94	$765.06	$814.94
$812.50	$775.00	Sep 4	$2.69	$2.98	$5.67	$769.33	$818.17
$810.00	$775.00	Sep 4	$2.90	$2.98	$5.88	$769.12	$815.88
$812.50	$780.00	Sep 4	$2.69	$4.20	$6.89	$773.11	$819.39
$810.00	$780.00	Sep 4	$2.90	$4.20	$7.10	$772.90	$817.10
$805.00	$770.00	Sep 4	$4.75	$2.04	$6.79	$763.21	$811.79
$805.00	$775.00	Sep 4	$4.75	$2.98	$7.73	$767.27	$812.73
$805.00	$780.00	Sep 4	$4.75	$4.20	$8.95	$771.05	$813.95
$800.00	$770.00	Sep 4	$5.63	$2.04	$7.67	$762.33	$807.67

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 390 found (best R:R 7.06, avg credit $2.22)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
660/665	840/845	Oct 2	$4.38	$0.62	62%	7.06	$660.62	$844.38
740/745	855/860	Oct 9	$4.80	$0.20	45%	24.00	$740.20	$859.80
720/725	840/845	Oct 2	$4.45	$0.55	50%	8.09	$720.55	$844.45
665/670	830/835	Sep 25	$3.86	$1.14	61%	3.39	$666.14	$833.86
730/735	855/860	Oct 9	$4.48	$0.52	49%	8.62	$730.52	$859.48
660/665	845/850	Oct 2	$3.58	$1.42	65%	2.52	$661.42	$848.58
710/715	855/860	Oct 9	$3.98	$1.02	56%	3.90	$711.02	$858.98
660/665	830/835	Oct 2	$3.71	$1.29	58%	2.88	$661.29	$833.71
705/710	840/845	Oct 2	$3.77	$1.23	55%	3.07	$706.23	$843.77
710/715	830/835	Sep 25	$3.73	$1.27	56%	2.94	$711.27	$833.73

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 224 found (best R:R 141.86, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$750.00	$760.00	$770.00	Sep 11	$0.54	$9.46	14%	17.52
$920.00	$930.00	$940.00	Oct 16	$0.10	$9.90	3%	99.00
$710.00	$720.00	$730.00	Sep 18	$0.27	$9.73	6%	36.04
$865.00	$870.00	$875.00	Oct 2	$0.05	$4.95	3%	99.00
$910.00	$920.00	$930.00	Sep 18	$0.10	$9.90	2%	99.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$730.00	$740.00	$750.00	Sep 18	$0.07	$9.93	8%	141.86
$800.00	$805.00	$810.00	Sep 4	$0.25	$4.75	16%	19.00
$780.00	$790.00	$800.00	Oct 16	$0.25	$9.75	8%	39.00
$765.00	$770.00	$775.00	Sep 4	$0.17	$4.83	10%	28.41
$710.00	$720.00	$730.00	Oct 16	$0.17	$9.83	5%	57.82

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 241 found (best net $-26.58, 220 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$730.00	$755.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$13.37	$11.63
$885.00	$940.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.40	$54.60
$865.00	$885.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$2.61	$17.39
$805.00	$810.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$1.05	$3.95
$930.00	$935.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.14	$4.86

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$940.00	$875.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$26.58	$38.42
$875.00	$820.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$9.75	$45.25
$680.00	$670.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.15	$9.85
$645.00	$635.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.20	$9.80
$770.00	$765.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.50	$4.50

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 128 found (best yield 3.08%, avg 1.10%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$830.00	Oct 16	$24.40	0.39	4.8%	3.08%	7.84%	39	168
$820.00	Oct 16	$27.05	0.42	3.5%	3.41%	6.91%	51	129
$800.00	Oct 16	$34.20	0.49	1.0%	4.32%	5.29%	81	171
$810.00	Oct 16	$29.70	0.46	2.2%	3.75%	5.99%	18	377
$840.00	Oct 16	$20.65	0.35	6.0%	2.61%	8.63%	27	139
$795.00	Oct 9	$33.25	0.51	0.3%	4.20%	4.54%	1	4
$850.00	Oct 16	$16.60	0.31	7.3%	2.10%	9.38%	20	211
$800.00	Oct 9	$30.00	0.49	1.0%	3.79%	4.76%	2	17
$870.00	Oct 16	$12.55	0.26	9.8%	1.58%	11.39%	41	240
$820.00	Oct 9	$21.55	0.40	3.5%	2.72%	6.22%	1	3

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 11,800

Total Puts 16,465

Put/Call Ratio 1.40

Net Difference -4,665

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 16,319

Total Puts 20,338

Put/Call Ratio 1.25

Net Difference -4,019

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 80,945

Total Puts 118,167

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.52

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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