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CATERPILLAR INC

$779.16 -2.30%

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as of 09/01 06:01 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/01) 36,657

Calls: 16,319 (45%)

Puts: 20,338 (55%)

Prior (08/31) 32,811

Calls: 12,263 (37%)

Puts: 20,548 (63%)

Current vs Prior +11.72%

Calls: +33.08% (Calls)

Puts: -1.02% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 194,624

Calls: 76,658 (39%)

Puts: 117,966 (61%)

Prior 7-Day Average 27,803

Calls: 10,951 (39%)

Puts: 16,852 (61%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +31.84%

Calls: +49.02%

Puts: +20.68%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/01) $68.74M

Calls: $24.17M (35%)

Puts: $44.57M (65%)

Prior (08/31) $62.28M

Calls: $40.87M (66%)

Puts: $21.40M (34%)

Current vs Prior +10.38%

Calls: -40.86%

Puts: +108.21%

Prior 7-Day Total $332.89M

Calls: $152.36M (46%)

Puts: $180.53M (54%)

Prior 7-Day Average $47.56M

Calls: $21.77M (46%)

Puts: $25.79M (54%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +44.54%

Calls: +11.06%

Puts: +72.80%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/01) 1.25

Prior (08/31) 1.68

Current vs Prior -25.62%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.58

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -21.07%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/01) 284,774

Calls: 133,062 (47%)

Puts: 151,712 (53%)

Prior (08/31) 273,813

Calls: 128,041 (47%)

Puts: 145,772 (53%)

Current vs Prior +4.00%

Prior 7-Day Total 2,073,161

Calls: 971,509 (47%)

Puts: 1,101,652 (53%)

Prior 7-Day Average 296,165

Calls: 138,787 (47%)

Puts: 157,378 (53%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -3.85%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 3.24% | 5.18%6.40% | 10.87%

Prior 3.28% | 4.98%6.47% | 10.80%

Current vs Prior -1.13% | +3.84%-1.02% | +0.65%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.08% | 5.20%5.55% | 10.74%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +5.19% | -0.50%+15.31% | +1.20%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.28% | 4.98%6.47% | 10.80%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -1.13% | +3.84%-1.02% | +0.65%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 17.19% | 20.17%

Calls: 17.84% | 13.27%

Puts: 16.54% | 27.08%

Prior 17.19% | 20.17%

Calls: 17.84% | 13.27%

Puts: 16.54% | 27.08%

Current vs Prior +0.00% | +0.00%

Prior 7-Day Avg 39.15% | 14.78%

Calls: 37.49% | 12.17%

Puts: 40.80% | 17.39%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -56.09% | +36.47%

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Moderately bearish flow with 65% put dollar volume ($44.57M). Bearish P/C ratio of 1.25 indicates protective positioning. P/C ratio dropping 26% - sentiment shifting bullish.

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Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

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Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 60 of results (avg 8.2%, best 5.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$640.00	Sep 18	136.40	144.90	$140.65	6.0%	--	0.98	176
$680.00	Sep 18	99.05	105.95	$102.50	6.7%	--	0.95	189
$650.00	Oct 16	131.70	141.00	$136.35	6.8%	--	0.93	42
$700.00	Oct 16	90.15	96.65	$93.40	7.0%	--	0.82	16
$685.00	Sep 4	92.00	98.70	$95.35	7.0%	--	0.99	11

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$920.00	Oct 16	139.00	146.55	$142.78	5.3%	--	0.89	34
$910.00	Oct 16	130.15	137.75	$133.95	5.7%	--	0.88	112
$900.00	Sep 11	116.60	124.00	$120.30	6.2%	5	1.00	11
$880.00	Sep 25	99.00	105.95	$102.48	6.8%	--	0.90	10
$900.00	Oct 16	118.80	127.35	$123.07	6.9%	2	0.87	117

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. 176 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$665.00	Sep 4	109.00	121.50	$115.25	10.8%	--	0.99	18
$685.00	Sep 4	92.00	98.70	$95.35	7.0%	--	0.99	11
$640.00	Sep 18	136.40	144.90	$140.65	6.0%	--	0.98	176
$690.00	Sep 4	87.00	94.00	$90.50	7.7%	--	0.98	16
$720.00	Sep 4	57.00	64.00	$60.50	11.6%	--	0.98	12

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$850.00	Sep 4	67.00	74.00	$70.50	9.9%	3	1.00	45
$855.00	Sep 4	72.00	80.20	$76.10	10.8%	1	1.00	16
$860.00	Sep 4	77.00	84.00	$80.50	8.7%	20	1.00	35
$865.00	Sep 4	82.60	89.00	$85.80	7.5%	--	1.00	13
$880.00	Sep 4	97.00	104.00	$100.50	7.0%	3	1.00	3

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 435 active (total vol 21.4K, top 1.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$880.00	Sep 18	1.50	2.10	$1.80	33.3%	1.6K	0.07	587
$920.00	Sep 18	0.52	0.94	$0.73	57.5%	1.4K	0.03	1.8K
$820.00	Sep 4	0.90	1.93	$1.42	72.5%	613	0.10	415
$805.00	Sep 11	5.75	11.10	$8.43	63.5%	461	0.30	37
$830.00	Sep 4	0.55	1.00	$0.78	57.7%	439	0.06	1.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$700.00	Sep 18	2.41	2.70	$2.56	11.3%	1.7K	0.08	2.4K
$790.00	Sep 4	15.00	19.60	$17.30	26.6%	896	0.64	790
$730.00	Oct 16	15.45	17.90	$16.67	14.7%	767	0.27	312
$750.00	Sep 4	1.53	2.50	$2.02	48.0%	737	0.14	1.6K
$640.00	Oct 16	2.31	3.20	$2.76	32.2%	520	0.06	138

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 22 strikes (avg 12.6%, max 18.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$795.00	Sep 4	Oct 2	42.5%	36.3%	17.3%	42	66
$760.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	40.4%	35.1%	15.1%	12	11
$785.00	Sep 4	Oct 9	43.0%	37.4%	14.8%	56	16
$810.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	41.6%	36.9%	12.9%	143	556
$800.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	41.2%	36.9%	11.8%	336	778

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$755.00	Sep 4	Oct 2	40.5%	34.3%	18.0%	67	192
$795.00	Sep 4	Oct 2	42.5%	36.3%	17.3%	105	227
$785.00	Sep 4	Oct 2	43.0%	37.0%	16.1%	127	147
$760.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	40.4%	35.1%	15.1%	463	631
$775.00	Sep 4	Oct 9	38.8%	34.2%	13.6%	89	161

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 311 found (best R:R 0.50, avg 6.80)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$700.00	$780.00	Oct 9	$53.50	$26.50	$53.50	84%	0.50	$753.50
$795.00	$800.00	Sep 25	$0.42	$4.58	$0.42	44%	10.90	$795.42
$890.00	$920.00	Oct 9	$1.77	$28.23	$1.77	14%	15.95	$891.77
$760.00	$770.00	Oct 16	$4.73	$5.27	$4.73	62%	1.11	$764.73
$805.00	$810.00	Sep 25	$0.65	$4.35	$0.65	38%	6.69	$805.65

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$820.00	$815.00	Sep 18	$2.18	$2.82	$2.18	73%	1.29	$817.82
$810.00	$805.00	Sep 4	$3.05	$1.95	$3.05	84%	0.64	$806.95
$795.00	$790.00	Sep 4	$2.50	$2.50	$2.50	69%	1.00	$792.50
$735.00	$730.00	Oct 2	$0.42	$4.58	$0.42	26%	10.90	$734.58
$810.00	$805.00	Oct 2	$2.22	$2.78	$2.22	62%	1.25	$807.78

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 255 found (best R:R 3.63, avg 0.36)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$800.00	$805.00	Sep 25	$3.58	$3.58	$1.42	58%	2.52	$803.58
$835.00	$840.00	Oct 2	$2.83	$2.83	$2.17	71%	1.30	$837.83
$790.00	$795.00	Sep 11	$3.45	$3.45	$1.55	57%	2.23	$793.45
$905.00	$910.00	Sep 25	$1.44	$1.44	$3.56	92%	0.40	$906.44
$780.00	$790.00	Oct 16	$6.30	$6.30	$3.70	47%	1.70	$786.30

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$765.00	$760.00	Oct 2	$3.92	$3.92	$1.08	59%	3.63	$761.08
$720.00	$715.00	Oct 9	$2.63	$2.63	$2.37	78%	1.11	$717.37
$700.00	$685.00	Oct 9	$3.08	$3.08	$11.92	84%	0.26	$696.92
$730.00	$725.00	Oct 2	$2.20	$2.20	$2.80	75%	0.79	$727.80
$740.00	$730.00	Oct 16	$3.88	$3.88	$6.12	69%	0.63	$736.12

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 12 found (avg debit $7.22, cheapest $6.30)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$795.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$6.30	42.5%	35.9%
$775.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$8.05	38.8%	34.0%
$785.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$8.10	43.0%	38.7%
$780.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$8.20	38.9%	35.0%
$770.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$7.63	37.8%	35.7%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$795.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$7.08	42.5%	35.9%
$775.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$6.30	38.8%	34.0%
$785.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$6.83	43.0%	38.7%
$780.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$7.02	38.9%	35.0%
$770.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$7.22	37.8%	35.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 119 found (cheapest 2.75% of stock, avg 7.70%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$780.00	Sep 4	$10.48	$10.98	$21.46	$758.54	$801.46	2.75%
$770.00	Sep 4	$16.45	$6.48	$22.93	$747.07	$792.93	2.94%
$775.00	Sep 4	$14.28	$8.78	$23.06	$751.94	$798.06	2.96%
$785.00	Sep 4	$9.35	$13.75	$23.10	$761.90	$808.10	2.96%
$790.00	Sep 4	$6.78	$17.30	$24.08	$765.92	$814.08	3.09%
$765.00	Sep 4	$20.38	$5.03	$25.41	$739.59	$790.41	3.26%
$795.00	Sep 4	$5.70	$19.80	$25.50	$769.50	$820.50	3.27%
$800.00	Sep 4	$4.07	$24.17	$28.24	$771.76	$828.24	3.62%
$760.00	Sep 4	$24.75	$4.03	$28.78	$731.22	$788.78	3.69%
$805.00	Sep 4	$2.87	$28.48	$31.35	$773.65	$836.35	4.02%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.90% of stock, avg 5.14%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$800.00	$755.00	Sep 4	$4.07	$2.93	$7.00	$748.00	$807.00
$800.00	$760.00	Sep 4	$4.07	$4.03	$8.10	$751.90	$808.10
$800.00	$765.00	Sep 4	$4.07	$5.03	$9.10	$755.90	$809.10
$795.00	$755.00	Sep 4	$5.70	$2.93	$8.63	$746.37	$803.63
$795.00	$760.00	Sep 4	$5.70	$4.03	$9.73	$750.27	$804.73
$795.00	$765.00	Sep 4	$5.70	$5.03	$10.73	$754.27	$805.73
$790.00	$755.00	Sep 4	$6.78	$2.93	$9.71	$745.29	$799.71
$800.00	$770.00	Sep 4	$4.07	$6.48	$10.55	$759.45	$810.55
$790.00	$760.00	Sep 4	$6.78	$4.03	$10.81	$749.19	$800.81
$790.00	$765.00	Sep 4	$6.78	$5.03	$11.81	$753.19	$801.81

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 330 found (best R:R 5.33, avg credit $2.35)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
695/700	835/840	Oct 2	$4.21	$0.79	58%	5.33	$695.79	$839.21
700/705	835/840	Oct 2	$3.93	$1.07	56%	3.67	$701.07	$838.93
705/710	835/840	Oct 2	$4.00	$1.00	54%	4.00	$706.00	$839.00
665/670	835/840	Oct 2	$3.31	$1.69	65%	1.96	$666.69	$838.31
705/710	830/835	Sep 25	$3.65	$1.35	58%	2.70	$706.35	$833.65
715/720	875/880	Oct 9	$3.56	$1.44	59%	2.47	$716.44	$878.56
680/685	830/835	Sep 25	$3.19	$1.81	64%	1.76	$681.81	$833.19
670/675	830/835	Sep 25	$3.12	$1.88	65%	1.66	$671.88	$833.12
715/720	825/830	Oct 9	$4.11	$0.89	44%	4.62	$715.89	$829.11
725/728	820/822	Sep 11	$2.03	$0.47	66%	4.32	$725.47	$822.03

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 232 found (best R:R 39.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$790.00	$800.00	$810.00	Oct 16	$0.14	$9.86	8%	70.43
$870.00	$880.00	$890.00	Oct 16	$0.07	$9.93	5%	141.86
$700.00	$710.00	$720.00	Oct 16	$0.15	$9.85	6%	65.67
$850.00	$860.00	$870.00	Oct 2	$0.16	$9.84	6%	61.50
$740.00	$750.00	$760.00	Oct 16	$0.31	$9.69	8%	31.26

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$730.00	$740.00	$750.00	Sep 18	$0.25	$9.75	10%	39.00
$730.00	$740.00	$750.00	Oct 16	$0.24	$9.76	8%	40.67
$700.00	$710.00	$720.00	Sep 18	$0.14	$9.86	6%	70.43
$880.00	$890.00	$900.00	Oct 16	$0.16	$9.84	6%	61.50
$750.00	$755.00	$760.00	Sep 11	$0.08	$4.92	7%	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. 226 found (best net $-27.10, 211 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$730.00	$755.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$6.40	$18.60
$890.00	$920.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$2.74	$27.26
$850.00	$875.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$4.61	$20.39
$905.00	$910.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.05	$4.95
$715.00	$740.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$22.92	$2.08

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$910.00	$850.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$27.10	$32.90
$685.00	$670.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.33	$14.67
$660.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.28	$19.72
$680.00	$670.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.15	$9.85
$700.00	$685.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$1.52	$13.48

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 139 found (best yield 3.93%, avg 1.16%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$800.00	Oct 16	$30.60	0.46	2.7%	3.93%	6.60%	24	172
$780.00	Oct 16	$39.70	0.53	0.1%	5.10%	5.20%	104	42
$810.00	Oct 16	$26.95	0.42	4.0%	3.46%	7.42%	37	368
$820.00	Oct 16	$23.55	0.38	5.2%	3.02%	8.26%	38	122
$790.00	Oct 16	$32.50	0.49	1.4%	4.17%	5.56%	23	205
$830.00	Oct 16	$20.25	0.34	6.5%	2.60%	9.12%	33	146
$850.00	Oct 16	$15.20	0.28	9.1%	1.95%	11.04%	135	179
$840.00	Oct 16	$16.05	0.31	7.8%	2.06%	9.87%	51	130
$805.00	Oct 9	$23.55	0.42	3.3%	3.02%	6.34%	1	1
$785.00	Oct 9	$31.00	0.51	0.8%	3.98%	4.73%	1	1

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 16,319

Total Puts 20,338

Put/Call Ratio 1.25

Net Difference -4,019

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 12,263

Total Puts 20,548

Put/Call Ratio 1.68

Net Difference -8,285

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 76,658

Total Puts 117,966

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.58

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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