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CATERPILLAR INC

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/25) 22,498

Calls: 9,653 (43%)

Puts: 12,845 (57%)

Prior (08/21) 25,821

Calls: 12,858 (50%)

Puts: 12,963 (50%)

Current vs Prior -12.87%

Calls: -24.93% (Calls)

Puts: -0.91% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 255,760

Calls: 115,477 (45%)

Puts: 140,283 (55%)

Prior 7-Day Average 36,537

Calls: 16,496 (45%)

Puts: 20,040 (55%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -38.42%

Calls: -41.49%

Puts: -35.90%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/25) $35.54M

Calls: $14.41M (41%)

Puts: $21.12M (59%)

Prior (08/21) $42.07M

Calls: $28.34M (67%)

Puts: $13.73M (33%)

Current vs Prior -15.54%

Calls: -49.14%

Puts: +53.81%

Prior 7-Day Total $387.95M

Calls: $181.96M (47%)

Puts: $206.00M (53%)

Prior 7-Day Average $55.42M

Calls: $25.99M (47%)

Puts: $29.43M (53%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -35.88%

Calls: -44.55%

Puts: -28.22%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/25) 1.33

Prior (08/21) 1.01

Current vs Prior +31.99%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.27

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +5.05%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/25) 273,036

Calls: 127,319 (47%)

Puts: 145,717 (53%)

Prior (08/21) 331,255

Calls: 158,279 (48%)

Puts: 172,976 (52%)

Current vs Prior -17.58%

Prior 7-Day Total 2,221,037

Calls: 1,071,050 (48%)

Puts: 1,149,987 (52%)

Prior 7-Day Average 317,291

Calls: 153,007 (48%)

Puts: 164,283 (52%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -13.95%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (08/28) | Next (09/04)Expiry (09/18) | Next (10/16)

Current 3.49% | 5.54%7.90% | 12.18%

Prior 4.42% | 6.11%0.79% | 8.77%

Current vs Prior -21.09% | -9.30%+902.68% | +38.91%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.22% | 5.39%3.09% | 9.34%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +8.28% | +2.73%+155.27% | +30.45%

Prior 7-Day Eod 4.42% | 6.11%0.79% | 8.77%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -21.09% | -9.30%+902.68% | +38.91%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 18.01% | 14.95%

Calls: 14.81% | 10.45%

Puts: 21.21% | 19.45%

Prior 85.85% | 12.97%

Calls: 96.30% | 14.08%

Puts: 75.41% | 11.86%

Current vs Prior -79.02% | +15.27%

Prior 7-Day Avg 51.84% | 16.54%

Calls: 51.20% | 15.51%

Puts: 52.48% | 17.58%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -65.26% | -9.64%

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Bearish P/C ratio of 1.33 indicates protective positioning. P/C ratio rising 32% - increased hedging/bearish positioning. Declining open interest (down 18%) indicates positions being closed.

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Overall BEARISH

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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 94 of results (avg 7.8%, best 4.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$680.00	Sep 18	132.20	138.75	$135.48	4.8%	--	0.94	188
$700.00	Sep 18	113.35	119.75	$116.55	5.5%	1	0.93	377
$710.00	Sep 4	101.00	107.00	$104.00	5.8%	1	0.97	1
$660.00	Sep 18	149.25	158.85	$154.05	6.2%	--	1.00	330
$720.00	Sep 18	95.00	101.65	$98.33	6.8%	2	0.90	1.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$960.00	Sep 18	145.90	152.15	$149.03	4.2%	--	0.94	124
$950.00	Sep 18	136.00	142.20	$139.10	4.5%	--	0.93	26
$925.00	Oct 2	115.90	121.60	$118.75	4.8%	2	0.83	--
$920.00	Sep 18	107.60	113.70	$110.65	5.5%	--	0.89	312
$930.00	Sep 18	116.45	123.40	$119.93	5.8%	1	0.90	42

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. 179 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$650.00	Sep 18	157.15	170.90	$164.03	8.4%	--	1.00	10
$660.00	Sep 18	149.25	158.85	$154.05	6.2%	--	1.00	330
$680.00	Aug 28	126.00	137.00	$131.50	8.4%	--	1.00	13
$670.00	Aug 28	136.00	147.00	$141.50	7.8%	--	0.99	12
$675.00	Aug 28	131.00	142.00	$136.50	8.1%	--	0.99	15

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$875.00	Aug 28	60.00	67.55	$63.78	11.8%	--	1.00	28
$877.50	Aug 28	62.60	69.00	$65.80	9.7%	--	1.00	18
$880.00	Aug 28	65.00	72.55	$68.78	11.0%	10	1.00	36
$885.00	Aug 28	70.00	78.00	$74.00	10.8%	15	1.00	26
$890.00	Aug 28	74.55	82.70	$78.63	10.4%	5	1.00	29

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 394 active (total vol 10.3K, top 1.6K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$850.00	Aug 28	1.60	2.65	$2.13	49.3%	1.6K	0.13	167
$820.00	Aug 28	7.50	10.50	$9.00	33.3%	552	0.41	114
$870.00	Sep 4	3.40	5.15	$4.28	40.9%	280	0.16	179
$855.00	Sep 4	4.25	7.45	$5.85	54.7%	235	0.21	19
$880.00	Sep 4	2.57	3.90	$3.24	41.0%	213	0.12	39

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$740.00	Sep 18	5.75	7.05	$6.40	20.3%	141	0.15	1.1K
$770.00	Aug 28	0.99	1.56	$1.27	44.9%	127	0.09	213
$775.00	Oct 2	18.00	26.20	$22.10	37.1%	120	0.33	13
$700.00	Aug 28	0.06	0.10	$0.08	50.0%	115	0.01	292
$750.00	Sep 18	7.80	8.90	$8.35	13.2%	106	0.19	496

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 28 strikes (avg 11.7%, max 25.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$780.00	Aug 28	Sep 18	45.6%	36.2%	25.8%	5	711
$805.00	Aug 28	Sep 25	43.6%	37.1%	17.4%	6	35
$810.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	42.3%	36.2%	16.8%	68	112
$800.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	42.9%	36.9%	16.4%	16	78
$785.00	Aug 28	Sep 11	43.9%	37.8%	16.0%	--	38

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$795.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	44.8%	36.5%	22.7%	34	236
$780.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	45.6%	37.9%	20.2%	120	377
$805.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	43.6%	36.3%	19.9%	23	165
$785.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	43.9%	37.1%	18.3%	27	150
$810.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	42.3%	36.2%	16.8%	66	651

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 319 found (best R:R 6.94, avg 7.37)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$800.00	$805.00	Sep 18	$0.63	$4.37	$0.63	58%	6.94	$800.63
$810.00	$850.00	Oct 2	$15.63	$24.37	$15.63	53%	1.56	$825.63
$860.00	$865.00	Sep 25	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32%	32.33	$860.15
$815.00	$820.00	Sep 11	$1.05	$3.95	$1.05	49%	3.76	$816.05
$875.00	$880.00	Oct 2	$0.22	$4.78	$0.22	29%	21.73	$875.22

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$825.00	$820.00	Sep 25	$1.18	$3.82	$1.18	53%	3.24	$823.82
$855.00	$850.00	Sep 25	$2.10	$2.90	$2.10	65%	1.38	$852.90
$820.00	$815.00	Sep 4	$1.50	$3.50	$1.50	55%	2.33	$818.50
$840.00	$835.00	Aug 28	$3.05	$1.95	$3.05	81%	0.64	$836.95
$835.00	$830.00	Oct 2	$1.90	$3.10	$1.90	56%	1.63	$833.10

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 263 found (best R:R 0.83, avg 0.36)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$960.00	$965.00	Sep 25	$2.27	$2.27	$2.73	90%	0.83	$962.27
$905.00	$910.00	Sep 11	$1.98	$1.98	$3.02	87%	0.66	$906.98
$925.00	$930.00	Oct 2	$2.05	$2.05	$2.95	83%	0.69	$927.05
$845.00	$850.00	Sep 4	$2.62	$2.62	$2.38	71%	1.10	$847.62
$935.00	$940.00	Sep 4	$1.46	$1.46	$3.54	92%	0.41	$936.46

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$760.00	$755.00	Oct 2	$2.92	$2.92	$2.08	72%	1.40	$757.08
$785.00	$780.00	Sep 11	$3.07	$3.07	$1.93	67%	1.59	$781.93
$755.00	$750.00	Sep 25	$2.58	$2.58	$2.42	76%	1.07	$752.42
$780.00	$775.00	Oct 2	$3.03	$3.03	$1.97	65%	1.54	$776.97
$740.00	$735.00	Oct 2	$2.20	$2.20	$2.80	79%	0.79	$737.80

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 14 found (avg debit $8.77, cheapest $7.87)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$805.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$8.43	43.6%	38.4%
$810.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$8.35	42.3%	38.0%
$800.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$7.13	42.9%	39.0%
$815.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$8.25	41.8%	38.5%
$790.00	Sep 4	Sep 18	$9.95	38.1%	36.0%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$805.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$7.87	43.6%	38.4%
$810.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$8.19	42.3%	38.0%
$800.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$8.07	42.9%	39.0%
$815.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$8.28	41.8%	38.5%
$820.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$7.13	42.6%	40.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 124 found (cheapest 3.06% of stock, avg 7.82%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$810.00	Aug 28	$13.75	$11.08	$24.83	$785.17	$834.83	3.06%
$805.00	Aug 28	$15.65	$9.23	$24.88	$780.12	$829.88	3.07%
$815.00	Aug 28	$10.90	$14.55	$25.45	$789.55	$840.45	3.14%
$820.00	Aug 28	$9.00	$17.20	$26.20	$793.80	$846.20	3.23%
$825.00	Aug 28	$6.73	$20.00	$26.73	$798.27	$851.73	3.29%
$800.00	Aug 28	$19.65	$7.13	$26.78	$773.22	$826.78	3.30%
$830.00	Aug 28	$5.25	$23.38	$28.63	$801.37	$858.63	3.53%
$835.00	Aug 28	$4.05	$28.00	$32.05	$802.95	$867.05	3.95%
$785.00	Aug 28	$30.43	$3.31	$33.74	$751.26	$818.74	4.16%
$840.00	Aug 28	$3.37	$31.05	$34.42	$805.58	$874.42	4.24%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 1.00% of stock, avg 5.22%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$835.00	$790.00	Aug 28	$4.05	$4.09	$8.14	$781.86	$843.14
$830.00	$790.00	Aug 28	$5.25	$4.09	$9.34	$780.66	$839.34
$835.00	$795.00	Aug 28	$4.05	$5.98	$10.03	$784.97	$845.03
$830.00	$795.00	Aug 28	$5.25	$5.98	$11.23	$783.77	$841.23
$825.00	$790.00	Aug 28	$6.73	$4.09	$10.82	$779.18	$835.82
$835.00	$800.00	Aug 28	$4.05	$7.13	$11.18	$788.82	$846.18
$830.00	$800.00	Aug 28	$5.25	$7.13	$12.38	$787.62	$842.38
$825.00	$795.00	Aug 28	$6.73	$5.98	$12.71	$782.29	$837.71
$825.00	$800.00	Aug 28	$6.73	$7.13	$13.86	$786.14	$838.86
$835.00	$805.00	Aug 28	$4.05	$9.23	$13.28	$791.72	$848.28

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 310 found (best R:R 3.76, avg credit $1.86)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
685/690	845/850	Sep 4	$3.95	$1.05	65%	3.76	$686.05	$848.95
660/665	855/860	Sep 25	$3.79	$1.21	59%	3.13	$661.21	$858.79
740/745	855/860	Sep 25	$4.42	$0.58	45%	7.62	$740.58	$859.42
710/715	845/850	Sep 11	$3.70	$1.30	58%	2.85	$711.30	$848.70
685/690	852/855	Sep 4	$3.08	$1.92	70%	1.60	$686.92	$855.58
670/675	845/850	Sep 4	$3.02	$1.98	68%	1.53	$671.98	$848.02
705/710	855/860	Sep 25	$3.67	$1.33	55%	2.76	$706.33	$858.67
715/718	852/855	Sep 4	$2.10	$0.40	71%	5.25	$715.40	$854.60
690/695	895/900	Oct 2	$3.01	$1.99	67%	1.51	$691.99	$898.01
715/718	845/850	Sep 4	$2.97	$2.03	66%	1.46	$714.53	$847.97

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 242 found (best R:R 75.92, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$750.00	$760.00	$770.00	Sep 18	$0.13	$9.87	8%	75.92
$860.00	$870.00	$880.00	Sep 18	$0.13	$9.87	7%	75.92
$780.00	$790.00	$800.00	Sep 18	$0.32	$9.68	10%	30.25
$720.00	$730.00	$740.00	Sep 18	$0.21	$9.79	6%	46.62
$850.00	$855.00	$860.00	Sep 11	$0.10	$4.90	6%	49.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$815.00	$820.00	$825.00	Aug 28	$0.15	$4.85	13%	32.33
$840.00	$845.00	$850.00	Aug 28	$0.08	$4.92	7%	61.50
$680.00	$690.00	$700.00	Sep 18	$0.05	$9.95	2%	199.00
$855.00	$860.00	$865.00	Sep 11	$0.07	$4.93	5%	70.43
$795.00	$800.00	$805.00	Sep 25	$0.09	$4.91	4%	54.56

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 215 found (best net $-10.12, 205 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$810.00	$850.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$10.12	$29.88
$785.00	$800.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$8.87	$6.13
$950.00	$955.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.16	$4.84
$880.00	$885.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.05	$4.95
$872.50	$875.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.03	$2.47

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$715.00	$710.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.24	$4.76
$710.00	$705.00	1:2	Aug 28	$0.00	$5.00
$670.00	$660.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.22	$9.78
$705.00	$700.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.06	$4.94
$735.00	$730.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.09	$4.91

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 142 found (best yield 2.50%, avg 1.05%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$860.00	Oct 2	$20.25	0.35	6.0%	2.50%	8.50%	3	13
$850.00	Oct 2	$22.15	0.38	4.8%	2.73%	7.50%	3	12
$870.00	Oct 2	$17.90	0.31	7.2%	2.21%	9.44%	12	6
$825.00	Sep 25	$29.50	0.47	1.7%	3.64%	5.33%	4	9
$820.00	Sep 25	$31.40	0.49	1.1%	3.87%	4.94%	1	2
$830.00	Sep 25	$27.10	0.45	2.3%	3.34%	5.65%	--	122
$855.00	Oct 2	$19.60	0.36	5.4%	2.42%	7.80%	8	4
$815.00	Sep 25	$33.40	0.51	0.5%	4.12%	4.57%	18	3
$865.00	Oct 2	$17.35	0.33	6.6%	2.14%	8.76%	13	6
$845.00	Sep 25	$21.80	0.38	4.2%	2.69%	6.84%	6	13

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 9,653

Total Puts 12,845

Put/Call Ratio 1.33

Net Difference -3,192

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 12,858

Total Puts 12,963

Put/Call Ratio 1.01

Net Difference -105

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 115,477

Total Puts 140,283

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.27

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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