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CATERPILLAR INC

$805.25 -0.83%

$804.50 (-0.09%)🌙

as of 09/24 06:01 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/24) 12,325

Calls: 6,212 (50%)

Puts: 6,113 (50%)

Prior (09/21) 17,910

Calls: 8,711 (49%)

Puts: 9,199 (51%)

Current vs Prior -31.18%

Calls: -28.69% (Calls)

Puts: -33.55% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 151,767

Calls: 74,950 (49%)

Puts: 76,817 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 21,681

Calls: 10,707 (49%)

Puts: 10,973 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -43.15%

Calls: -41.98%

Puts: -44.29%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/24) $23.56M

Calls: $12.32M (52%)

Puts: $11.23M (48%)

Prior (09/21) $47.41M

Calls: $31.79M (67%)

Puts: $15.61M (33%)

Current vs Prior -50.31%

Calls: -61.24%

Puts: -28.05%

Prior 7-Day Total $328.76M

Calls: $185.15M (56%)

Puts: $143.61M (44%)

Prior 7-Day Average $46.97M

Calls: $26.45M (56%)

Puts: $20.52M (44%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -49.84%

Calls: -53.41%

Puts: -45.24%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/24) 0.98

Prior (09/21) 1.06

Current vs Prior -6.81%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.03

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -4.34%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/24) 230,870

Calls: 114,279 (49%)

Puts: 116,591 (51%)

Prior (09/21) 217,337

Calls: 107,839 (50%)

Puts: 109,498 (50%)

Current vs Prior +6.23%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,990,847

Calls: 961,866 (48%)

Puts: 1,028,981 (52%)

Prior 7-Day Average 284,406

Calls: 137,409 (48%)

Puts: 146,997 (52%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -18.82%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (09/25) | Next (10/02)Expiry (10/16) | Next (11/20)

Current 1.83% | 4.25%7.01% | 13.46%

Prior 3.29% | 5.14%7.58% | 13.97%

Current vs Prior -44.48% | -17.38%-7.53% | -3.64%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.23% | 5.22%3.38% | 9.57%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -43.29% | -18.66%+107.06% | +40.66%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.29% | 5.14%7.58% | 13.97%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -44.48% | -17.38%-7.53% | -3.64%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 39.08% | 21.04%

Calls: 37.02% | 18.29%

Puts: 41.13% | 23.78%

Prior 56.54% | 28.98%

Calls: 41.39% | 23.98%

Puts: 71.69% | 33.97%

Current vs Prior -30.88% | -27.40%

Prior 7-Day Avg 34.46% | 26.12%

Calls: 29.52% | 24.02%

Puts: 39.40% | 28.21%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +13.42% | -19.44%

Liquidity Expensive

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Light premium activity with dollar volume down 50% vs prior.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow NEUTRAL

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

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Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 55 of results (avg 7.8%, best 4.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$670.00	Oct 16	132.80	140.65	$136.73	5.7%	--	1.00	10
$797.50	Oct 16	31.30	33.25	$32.28	6.0%	10	0.56	5
$820.00	Oct 16	20.70	22.05	$21.38	6.3%	31	0.43	444
$815.00	Oct 23	27.20	29.00	$28.10	6.4%	20	0.47	12
$650.00	Oct 9	151.95	162.10	$157.02	6.5%	15	0.98	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$880.00	Oct 16	77.15	80.55	$78.85	4.3%	18	0.84	253
$780.00	Oct 16	14.95	15.70	$15.33	4.9%	125	0.34	639
$890.00	Oct 16	84.65	89.45	$87.05	5.5%	33	0.87	86
$870.00	Oct 16	68.15	72.05	$70.10	5.6%	3	0.81	176
$900.00	Oct 16	94.20	100.50	$97.35	6.5%	--	0.89	128

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. 171 found (avg delta 0.74, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$742.50	Sep 25	57.70	65.50	$61.60	12.7%	2	1.00	3
$750.00	Sep 25	50.60	58.05	$54.33	13.7%	1	1.00	32
$760.00	Sep 25	40.50	48.25	$44.38	17.5%	--	1.00	27
$765.00	Sep 25	35.35	43.00	$39.17	19.5%	--	1.00	13
$700.00	Oct 2	101.30	111.50	$106.40	9.6%	2	1.00	5

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$880.00	Sep 25	71.25	79.50	$75.38	10.9%	4	0.99	--
$860.00	Sep 25	50.10	58.35	$54.23	15.2%	1	0.99	18
$855.00	Sep 25	46.50	54.75	$50.63	16.3%	20	0.99	13
$850.00	Sep 25	41.65	49.35	$45.50	16.9%	22	0.98	20
$845.00	Sep 25	35.40	44.00	$39.70	21.7%	--	0.97	16

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 367 active (total vol 7.1K, top 283)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$830.00	Sep 25	0.34	0.78	$0.56	78.6%	283	0.07	469
$870.00	Oct 2	0.87	1.79	$1.33	69.2%	156	0.07	79
$830.00	Oct 2	6.75	8.90	$7.83	27.5%	131	0.29	83
$835.00	Sep 25	0.20	0.57	$0.39	94.9%	126	0.05	282
$850.00	Sep 25	0.05	0.18	$0.12	108.3%	112	0.02	574

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$780.00	Sep 25	0.16	1.07	$0.62	146.8%	238	0.08	292
$710.00	Oct 16	2.14	2.57	$2.36	18.2%	173	0.07	945
$660.00	Oct 16	0.30	0.85	$0.57	96.5%	160	0.02	323
$785.00	Sep 25	0.70	1.21	$0.96	53.1%	137	0.12	447
$780.00	Oct 16	14.95	15.70	$15.33	4.9%	125	0.34	639

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 15 strikes (avg 14.7%, max 33.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$797.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	44.1%	33.0%	33.7%	16	30
$807.50	Sep 25	Oct 9	43.3%	35.3%	22.8%	55	27
$822.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	41.9%	35.1%	19.2%	52	94
$812.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	41.7%	35.7%	17.0%	19	102
$817.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	41.3%	35.6%	16.2%	42	98

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$797.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	44.1%	33.0%	33.7%	25	39
$807.50	Sep 25	Oct 9	43.3%	35.3%	22.8%	13	16
$812.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	41.7%	35.2%	18.4%	27	63
$817.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	41.3%	35.6%	16.2%	10	54
$810.00	Sep 25	Oct 23	41.0%	36.5%	12.3%	22	264

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 329 found (best R:R 0.99, avg 7.09)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$750.00	$760.00	Oct 30	$5.02	$4.98	$5.02	72%	0.99	$755.02
$810.00	$880.00	Nov 6	$23.82	$46.18	$23.82	50%	1.94	$833.82
$825.00	$830.00	Oct 9	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	38%	40.67	$825.12
$815.00	$820.00	Oct 23	$0.68	$4.32	$0.68	47%	6.35	$815.68
$775.00	$780.00	Oct 23	$1.77	$3.23	$1.77	67%	1.82	$776.77

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$790.00	$785.00	Oct 2	$0.14	$4.86	$0.14	34%	34.71	$789.86
$855.00	$850.00	Oct 2	$2.97	$2.03	$2.97	85%	0.68	$852.03
$805.00	$800.00	Oct 23	$1.22	$3.78	$1.22	48%	3.10	$803.78
$802.50	$800.00	Oct 2	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	47%	19.83	$802.38
$830.00	$825.00	Oct 16	$2.05	$2.95	$2.05	62%	1.44	$827.95

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 277 found (best R:R 0.85, avg 0.43)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$945.00	$950.00	Sep 25	$2.05	$2.05	$2.95	94%	0.69	$947.05
$820.00	$825.00	Oct 23	$3.77	$3.77	$1.23	55%	3.07	$823.77
$820.00	$825.00	Oct 9	$3.55	$3.55	$1.45	58%	2.45	$823.55
$880.00	$885.00	Oct 23	$2.32	$2.32	$2.68	81%	0.87	$882.32
$915.00	$920.00	Oct 2	$1.64	$1.64	$3.36	92%	0.49	$916.64

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$795.00	$765.00	Nov 6	$13.77	$13.77	$16.23	56%	0.85	$781.23
$795.00	$790.00	Oct 2	$4.01	$4.01	$0.99	60%	4.05	$790.99
$675.00	$670.00	Sep 25	$2.02	$2.02	$2.98	95%	0.68	$672.98
$685.00	$680.00	Oct 2	$2.01	$2.01	$2.99	94%	0.67	$682.99
$690.00	$685.00	Sep 25	$2.00	$2.00	$3.00	94%	0.67	$688.00

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 15 found (avg debit $9.33, cheapest $9.07)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$797.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$11.27	44.1%	35.1%
$807.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$9.45	43.3%	34.8%
$805.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$9.82	41.5%	33.5%
$812.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$9.78	41.7%	35.7%
$810.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$10.30	41.0%	36.1%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$797.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$9.07	44.1%	35.1%
$807.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$9.64	43.3%	34.8%
$805.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$9.15	41.5%	33.5%
$812.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$10.55	41.7%	35.7%
$810.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$8.47	41.0%	36.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 139 found (cheapest 1.66% of stock, avg 6.91%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$805.00	Sep 25	$6.60	$6.78	$13.38	$791.62	$818.38	1.66%
$812.50	Sep 25	$3.60	$10.15	$13.75	$798.75	$826.25	1.71%
$807.50	Sep 25	$5.73	$8.13	$13.86	$793.64	$821.36	1.72%
$800.00	Sep 25	$9.98	$4.18	$14.16	$785.84	$814.16	1.76%
$797.50	Sep 25	$10.33	$4.06	$14.39	$783.11	$811.89	1.79%
$810.00	Sep 25	$4.35	$10.33	$14.68	$795.32	$824.68	1.82%
$795.00	Sep 25	$12.27	$2.85	$15.12	$779.88	$810.12	1.88%
$815.00	Sep 25	$2.88	$13.50	$16.38	$798.62	$831.38	2.03%
$817.50	Sep 25	$2.19	$15.68	$17.87	$799.63	$835.37	2.22%
$790.00	Sep 25	$16.60	$1.51	$18.11	$771.89	$808.11	2.25%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 155 found (cheapest 0.48% of stock, avg 5.06%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$815.00	$785.00	Sep 25	$2.88	$0.96	$3.84	$781.16	$818.84
$815.00	$790.00	Sep 25	$2.88	$1.51	$4.39	$785.61	$819.39
$815.00	$795.00	Sep 25	$2.88	$2.85	$5.73	$789.27	$820.73
$812.50	$785.00	Sep 25	$3.60	$0.96	$4.56	$780.44	$817.06
$812.50	$790.00	Sep 25	$3.60	$1.51	$5.11	$784.89	$817.61
$812.50	$795.00	Sep 25	$3.60	$2.85	$6.45	$788.55	$818.95
$810.00	$785.00	Sep 25	$4.35	$0.96	$5.31	$779.69	$815.31
$815.00	$797.50	Sep 25	$2.88	$4.06	$6.94	$790.56	$821.94
$810.00	$790.00	Sep 25	$4.35	$1.51	$5.86	$784.14	$815.86
$812.50	$797.50	Sep 25	$3.60	$4.06	$7.66	$789.84	$820.16

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 226 found (best R:R 18.23, avg credit $1.64)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
725/728	822/825	Sep 25	$2.37	$0.13	77%	18.23	$725.13	$824.87
725/728	828/830	Sep 25	$2.20	$0.30	83%	7.33	$725.30	$829.70
725/728	830/832	Sep 25	$2.13	$0.37	85%	5.76	$725.37	$832.13
725/728	820/822	Sep 25	$2.35	$0.15	74%	15.67	$725.15	$822.35
725/728	825/828	Sep 25	$2.15	$0.35	81%	6.14	$725.35	$827.15
680/685	825/828	Oct 2	$3.49	$1.51	62%	2.31	$681.51	$828.49
695/700	840/845	Oct 9	$3.38	$1.62	63%	2.09	$696.62	$843.38
670/675	830/832	Sep 25	$2.17	$2.83	87%	0.77	$672.83	$832.17
695/700	850/855	Oct 9	$3.11	$1.89	68%	1.65	$696.89	$853.11
670/675	828/830	Sep 25	$2.24	$2.76	85%	0.81	$672.76	$829.74

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 231 found (best R:R 141.86, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$760.00	$775.00	$790.00	Oct 30	$0.65	$14.35	11%	22.08
$875.00	$880.00	$885.00	Oct 23	$0.06	$4.94	7%	82.33
$760.00	$770.00	$780.00	Oct 16	$0.44	$9.56	10%	21.73
$805.00	$810.00	$815.00	Oct 16	$0.08	$4.92	5%	61.50
$785.00	$790.00	$795.00	Oct 2	$0.21	$4.79	9%	22.81

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$740.00	$750.00	$760.00	Nov 6	$0.07	$9.93	6%	141.86
$830.00	$840.00	$850.00	Oct 16	$0.29	$9.71	10%	33.48
$785.00	$790.00	$795.00	Oct 16	$0.06	$4.94	6%	82.33
$770.00	$775.00	$780.00	Oct 9	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43
$700.00	$710.00	$720.00	Oct 16	$0.12	$9.88	4%	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. 225 found (best net $-16.62, 199 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$650.00	$720.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$16.62	$53.38
$700.00	$765.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$3.51	$61.49
$700.00	$742.50	1:2	Sep 25	-$19.65	$22.85
$700.00	$750.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$33.87	$16.13
$885.00	$890.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.34	$4.66

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$930.00	$885.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$35.97	$9.03
$795.00	$790.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.17	$4.83
$805.00	$800.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$1.58	$3.42
$790.00	$785.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.41	$4.59
$785.00	$780.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.28	$4.72

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 131 found (best yield 4.89%, avg 1.24%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$810.00	Nov 6	$39.35	0.50	0.6%	4.89%	5.48%	2	--
$825.00	Oct 30	$31.50	0.45	2.5%	3.91%	6.36%	37	24
$820.00	Oct 30	$33.25	0.46	1.8%	4.13%	5.96%	16	7
$815.00	Oct 30	$35.20	0.48	1.2%	4.37%	5.58%	17	22
$835.00	Oct 30	$27.60	0.41	3.7%	3.43%	7.12%	1	3
$830.00	Oct 30	$28.45	0.43	3.1%	3.53%	6.61%	4	7
$810.00	Oct 30	$36.45	0.50	0.6%	4.53%	5.12%	--	22
$880.00	Nov 6	$17.00	0.29	9.3%	2.11%	11.39%	2	--
$840.00	Oct 30	$24.85	0.39	4.3%	3.09%	7.40%	39	7
$845.00	Oct 30	$22.65	0.38	4.9%	2.81%	7.75%	--	15

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 6,212

Total Puts 6,113

Put/Call Ratio 0.98

Net Difference 99

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 8,711

Total Puts 9,199

Put/Call Ratio 1.06

Net Difference -488

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 74,950

Total Puts 76,817

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.03

Ratio Trend Falling

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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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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