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CATERPILLAR INC

$802.48 +0.79%

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/09) 18,098

Calls: 9,186 (51%)

Puts: 8,912 (49%)

Prior (10/08) 27,912

Calls: 14,606 (52%)

Puts: 13,306 (48%)

Current vs Prior -35.16%

Calls: -37.11% (Calls)

Puts: -33.02% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 164,966

Calls: 84,674 (51%)

Puts: 80,292 (49%)

Prior 7-Day Average 23,566

Calls: 12,096 (51%)

Puts: 11,470 (49%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -23.20%

Calls: -24.06%

Puts: -22.30%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/09) $32.20M

Calls: $17.00M (53%)

Puts: $15.19M (47%)

Prior (10/08) $55.85M

Calls: $23.21M (42%)

Puts: $32.65M (58%)

Current vs Prior -42.35%

Calls: -26.73%

Puts: -53.46%

Prior 7-Day Total $334.30M

Calls: $212.41M (64%)

Puts: $121.89M (36%)

Prior 7-Day Average $47.76M

Calls: $30.34M (64%)

Puts: $17.41M (36%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -32.58%

Calls: -43.96%

Puts: -12.74%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/09) 0.97

Prior (10/08) 0.91

Current vs Prior +6.50%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.97

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -0.10%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/09) 252,119

Calls: 123,609 (49%)

Puts: 128,510 (51%)

Prior (10/08) 245,262

Calls: 120,303 (49%)

Puts: 124,959 (51%)

Current vs Prior +2.80%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,516,804

Calls: 744,900 (49%)

Puts: 771,904 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 216,686

Calls: 106,414 (49%)

Puts: 110,272 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +16.35%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 0.56% | 3.95%3.95% | 11.88%

Prior 1.77% | 4.53%4.53% | 12.58%

Current vs Prior -68.22% | -12.68%-12.68% | -5.54%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.70% | 4.81%5.30% | 12.65%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -79.20% | -17.81%-25.46% | -6.05%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.77% | 4.53%4.53% | 12.58%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -68.22% | -12.68%-12.68% | -5.54%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 109.58% | 14.27%

Calls: 95.00% | 9.02%

Puts: 124.16% | 19.51%

Prior 60.91% | 13.82%

Calls: 80.45% | 14.19%

Puts: 41.36% | 13.45%

Current vs Prior +79.90% | +3.26%

Prior 7-Day Avg 39.86% | 17.70%

Calls: 44.26% | 18.61%

Puts: 35.46% | 16.79%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +174.93% | -19.38%

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 194 of results (avg 7.1%, best 2.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$680.00	Nov 20	129.90	132.90	$131.40	2.3%	4	0.89	25
$810.00	Nov 20	41.60	43.00	$42.30	3.3%	92	0.50	222
$690.00	Nov 20	120.00	124.45	$122.23	3.6%	1	0.87	25
$700.00	Nov 20	111.55	115.95	$113.75	3.9%	12	0.85	47
$800.00	Nov 20	46.05	47.95	$47.00	4.0%	27	0.53	482

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$900.00	Nov 20	108.80	112.00	$110.40	2.9%	3	0.77	150
$940.00	Nov 6	139.55	144.40	$141.98	3.4%	1	0.90	3
$920.00	Nov 20	124.95	129.55	$127.25	3.6%	--	0.81	138
$940.00	Nov 20	141.40	147.15	$144.28	4.0%	--	0.85	54
$880.00	Nov 20	92.50	96.50	$94.50	4.2%	10	0.72	84

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. 219 found (avg delta 0.76, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$650.00	Oct 16	147.00	159.55	$153.28	8.2%	--	1.00	30
$670.00	Oct 16	126.00	138.90	$132.45	9.7%	--	1.00	12
$700.00	Oct 16	96.05	106.00	$101.03	9.8%	--	1.00	14
$710.00	Oct 16	86.30	96.30	$91.30	11.0%	--	1.00	14
$720.00	Oct 16	76.35	86.30	$81.32	12.2%	--	1.00	63

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$810.00	Oct 9	6.55	9.30	$7.93	34.7%	322	1.00	699
$815.00	Oct 9	11.10	15.35	$13.23	32.1%	16	1.00	133
$817.50	Oct 9	12.45	17.45	$14.95	33.4%	4	1.00	83
$820.00	Oct 9	14.85	19.70	$17.27	28.1%	33	1.00	172
$825.00	Oct 9	19.70	25.15	$22.42	24.3%	9	1.00	79

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 484 active (total vol 15.2K, top 468)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$805.00	Oct 9	0.30	0.81	$0.56	91.1%	365	0.25	22
$820.00	Oct 16	7.45	8.45	$7.95	12.6%	299	0.33	795
$900.00	Oct 16	0.20	0.30	$0.25	40.0%	296	0.02	1.5K
$825.00	Oct 16	5.75	7.15	$6.45	21.7%	270	0.28	217
$810.00	Oct 9	0.02	0.10	$0.06	133.3%	231	0.04	145

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$800.00	Nov 20	41.95	43.90	$42.93	4.5%	468	0.47	767
$780.00	Nov 20	32.45	34.25	$33.35	5.4%	368	0.40	416
$810.00	Nov 20	47.25	49.45	$48.35	4.6%	360	0.50	350
$770.00	Oct 16	3.20	4.30	$3.75	29.3%	341	0.18	1.3K
$810.00	Oct 9	6.55	9.30	$7.93	34.7%	322	1.00	699

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 5 strikes (avg 257.5%, max 660.7%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$775.00	Oct 9	Oct 30	310.9%	46.2%	573.0%	2	129
$802.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	43.3%	33.2%	30.4%	51	20
$800.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	44.5%	39.9%	11.7%	142	538

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$775.00	Oct 9	Nov 13	310.9%	40.9%	660.7%	144	269
$800.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	44.5%	39.9%	11.7%	675	1.3K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 365 found (best R:R 0.52, avg 5.22)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$720.00	$730.00	Oct 16	$6.60	$3.40	$6.60	100%	0.52	$726.60
$765.00	$770.00	Oct 9	$2.77	$2.23	$2.77	100%	0.81	$767.77
$645.00	$650.00	Oct 23	$2.92	$2.08	$2.92	100%	0.71	$647.92
$730.00	$745.00	Oct 30	$9.82	$5.18	$9.82	81%	0.53	$739.82
$850.00	$855.00	Nov 13	$0.10	$4.90	$0.10	34%	49.00	$850.10

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$890.00	$885.00	Oct 30	$1.50	$3.50	$1.50	81%	2.33	$888.50
$880.00	$875.00	Oct 16	$2.55	$2.45	$2.55	96%	0.96	$877.45
$870.00	$865.00	Oct 16	$3.00	$2.00	$3.00	95%	0.67	$867.00
$770.00	$765.00	Nov 6	$0.22	$4.78	$0.22	35%	21.73	$769.78
$850.00	$845.00	Oct 23	$2.45	$2.55	$2.45	79%	1.04	$847.55

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 281 found (best R:R 2.01, avg 0.38)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$940.00	$950.00	Oct 9	$2.12	$2.12	$7.88	94%	0.27	$942.12
$955.00	$960.00	Oct 30	$1.87	$1.87	$3.13	91%	0.60	$956.87
$915.00	$920.00	Oct 16	$1.22	$1.22	$3.78	95%	0.32	$916.22
$955.00	$960.00	Nov 13	$1.51	$1.51	$3.49	89%	0.43	$956.51
$935.00	$940.00	Nov 6	$1.53	$1.53	$3.47	88%	0.44	$936.53

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$695.00	$690.00	Nov 13	$3.34	$3.34	$1.66	86%	2.01	$691.66
$670.00	$665.00	Oct 9	$2.08	$2.08	$2.92	95%	0.71	$667.92
$730.00	$725.00	Oct 9	$2.10	$2.10	$2.90	92%	0.72	$727.90
$765.00	$760.00	Nov 6	$3.45	$3.45	$1.55	66%	2.23	$761.55
$725.00	$710.00	Nov 13	$4.30	$4.30	$10.70	80%	0.40	$720.70

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 1 found (avg debit $20.42, cheapest $20.42)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$802.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	$20.42	43.3%	33.2%

PUTS (0)

No puts found

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 173 found (cheapest 0.38% of stock, avg 7.69%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$802.50	Oct 9	$1.46	$1.58	$3.04	$799.46	$805.54	0.38%
$800.00	Oct 9	$2.93	$0.62	$3.55	$796.45	$803.55	0.44%
$805.00	Oct 9	$0.56	$3.20	$3.76	$801.24	$808.76	0.47%
$807.50	Oct 9	$0.16	$5.18	$5.34	$802.16	$812.84	0.67%
$797.50	Oct 9	$5.45	$0.21	$5.66	$791.84	$803.16	0.71%
$810.00	Oct 9	$0.06	$7.93	$7.99	$802.01	$817.99	1.00%
$795.00	Oct 9	$8.05	$0.09	$8.14	$786.86	$803.14	1.01%
$812.50	Oct 9	$0.10	$9.93	$10.03	$802.47	$822.53	1.25%
$790.00	Oct 9	$12.80	$0.05	$12.85	$777.15	$802.85	1.60%
$815.00	Oct 9	$0.02	$13.23	$13.25	$801.75	$828.25	1.65%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.05% of stock, avg 5.74%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$807.50	$797.50	Oct 9	$0.16	$0.21	$0.37	$797.13	$807.87
$822.50	$797.50	Oct 9	$0.38	$0.21	$0.59	$796.91	$823.09
$805.00	$797.50	Oct 9	$0.56	$0.21	$0.77	$796.73	$805.77
$807.50	$800.00	Oct 9	$0.16	$0.62	$0.78	$799.22	$808.28
$822.50	$800.00	Oct 9	$0.38	$0.62	$1.00	$799.00	$823.50
$805.00	$800.00	Oct 9	$0.56	$0.62	$1.18	$798.82	$806.18
$807.50	$735.00	Oct 9	$0.16	$2.15	$2.31	$732.69	$809.81
$807.50	$732.50	Oct 9	$0.16	$2.15	$2.31	$730.19	$809.81
$930.00	$797.50	Oct 9	$2.15	$0.21	$2.36	$795.14	$932.36
$807.50	$775.00	Oct 9	$0.16	$2.15	$2.31	$772.69	$809.81

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 209 found (best R:R 0.72, avg credit $2.58)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
665/670	940/950	Oct 9	$4.20	$5.80	88%	0.72	$665.80	$944.20
725/730	940/950	Oct 9	$4.22	$5.78	85%	0.73	$725.78	$944.22
690/695	865/870	Nov 13	$4.81	$0.19	56%	25.32	$690.19	$869.81
690/695	860/865	Nov 13	$4.72	$0.28	54%	16.86	$690.28	$864.72
690/695	855/860	Nov 13	$4.77	$0.23	52%	20.74	$690.23	$859.77
770/775	940/950	Oct 9	$4.23	$5.77	79%	0.73	$770.77	$944.23
665/670	822/825	Oct 9	$2.45	$2.55	88%	0.96	$667.55	$824.95
665/670	828/830	Oct 9	$2.34	$2.66	90%	0.88	$667.66	$829.84
725/730	822/825	Oct 9	$2.47	$2.53	85%	0.98	$727.53	$824.97
725/730	828/830	Oct 9	$2.36	$2.64	87%	0.89	$727.64	$829.86

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 281 found (best R:R 82.33, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$840.00	$850.00	$860.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$9.93	6%	141.86
$795.00	$797.50	$800.00	Oct 9	$0.08	$2.42	22%	30.25
$780.00	$790.00	$800.00	Nov 20	$0.17	$9.83	7%	57.82
$770.00	$780.00	$790.00	Nov 20	$0.17	$9.83	7%	57.82
$800.00	$802.50	$805.00	Oct 9	$0.57	$1.93	48%	3.39

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$780.00	$790.00	$800.00	Nov 20	$0.12	$9.88	7%	82.33
$802.50	$805.00	$807.50	Oct 9	$0.36	$2.14	42%	5.94
$820.00	$830.00	$840.00	Nov 20	$0.10	$9.90	6%	99.00
$700.00	$710.00	$720.00	Nov 20	$0.05	$9.95	5%	199.00
$785.00	$790.00	$795.00	Oct 16	$0.10	$4.90	10%	49.00

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 $-11.07, 188 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$650.00	$720.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$11.07	$58.93
$790.00	$795.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$3.30	$1.70
$797.50	$800.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.41	$2.09
$650.00	$700.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$49.83	$0.17
$890.00	$895.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.03	$4.97

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$870.00	$845.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$17.21	$7.79
$807.50	$805.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$1.22	$1.28
$665.00	$650.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.63	$14.37
$795.00	$790.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.01	$4.99
$810.00	$807.50	1:2	Oct 9	-$2.43	$0.07

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 145 found (best yield 4.21%, avg 1.61%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$830.00	Nov 20	$33.80	0.43	3.4%	4.21%	7.64%	32	220
$810.00	Nov 20	$41.60	0.50	0.9%	5.18%	6.12%	92	222
$820.00	Nov 20	$37.25	0.46	2.2%	4.64%	6.83%	48	204
$840.00	Nov 20	$29.45	0.40	4.7%	3.67%	8.35%	18	297
$850.00	Nov 20	$26.70	0.37	5.9%	3.33%	9.25%	44	483
$860.00	Nov 20	$22.85	0.34	7.2%	2.85%	10.02%	16	127
$820.00	Nov 13	$33.80	0.46	2.2%	4.21%	6.40%	1	1
$815.00	Nov 13	$35.90	0.47	1.6%	4.47%	6.03%	4	2
$805.00	Nov 13	$40.30	0.51	0.3%	5.02%	5.34%	--	21
$870.00	Nov 20	$20.25	0.31	8.4%	2.52%	10.94%	13	237

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 9,186

Total Puts 8,912

Put/Call Ratio 0.97

Net Difference 274

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 14,606

Total Puts 13,306

Put/Call Ratio 0.91

Net Difference 1,300

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 84,674

Total Puts 80,292

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.97

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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