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CATERPILLAR INC

$730.76 -0.66%

$728.28 (-0.34%)🌙

as of 10/16 09:50 PM

(10/14 18:00) ◀

Friday, October 16, 2026 (9:50pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/16) 20,747

Calls: 9,554 (46%)

Puts: 11,193 (54%)

Prior (10/14) 27,735

Calls: 11,116 (40%)

Puts: 16,619 (60%)

Current vs Prior -25.20%

Calls: -14.05% (Calls)

Puts: -32.65% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 182,855

Calls: 90,802 (50%)

Puts: 92,053 (50%)

Prior 7-Day Average 26,122

Calls: 12,971 (50%)

Puts: 13,150 (50%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -20.58%

Calls: -26.35%

Puts: -14.88%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/16) $43.77M

Calls: $17.76M (41%)

Puts: $26.01M (59%)

Prior (10/14) $112.88M

Calls: $38.29M (34%)

Puts: $74.58M (66%)

Current vs Prior -61.22%

Calls: -53.62%

Puts: -65.12%

Prior 7-Day Total $438.87M

Calls: $216.26M (49%)

Puts: $222.62M (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average $62.70M

Calls: $30.89M (49%)

Puts: $31.80M (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -30.18%

Calls: -42.51%

Puts: -18.20%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/16) 1.17

Prior (10/14) 1.50

Current vs Prior -21.64%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.06

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +10.77%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/16) 130,549

Calls: 57,895 (44%)

Puts: 72,654 (56%)

Prior (10/14) 252,935

Calls: 122,760 (49%)

Puts: 130,175 (51%)

Current vs Prior -48.39%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,701,791

Calls: 833,952 (49%)

Puts: 867,839 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 243,113

Calls: 119,136 (49%)

Puts: 123,977 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -46.30%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (10/16) | Next (10/23)Expiry (10/16) | Next (11/20)

Current 0.66% | 4.72%0.66% | 12.35%

Prior 3.15% | 5.54%3.15% | 12.14%

Current vs Prior +49.66% | +59.09%-78.94% | +1.79%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.58% | 4.90%4.07% | 12.08%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +82.64% | +79.85%-83.70% | +2.25%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.15% | 5.54%3.15% | 12.14%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +49.66% | +59.09%-78.94% | +1.79%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 60.91% | 13.82%

Calls: 80.45% | 14.19%

Puts: 41.36% | 13.45%

Prior 60.91% | 13.82%

Calls: 80.45% | 14.19%

Puts: 41.36% | 13.45%

Current vs Prior +0.00% | +0.00%

Prior 7-Day Avg 57.20% | 15.10%

Calls: 65.92% | 14.42%

Puts: 48.47% | 15.77%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +6.49% | -8.45%

Liquidity Expensive

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Light premium activity with dollar volume down 61% vs prior. Slightly bearish P/C ratio of 1.17. P/C ratio dropping 22% - sentiment shifting bullish. Declining open interest (down 48%) indicates positions being closed.

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Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BEARISH

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Prior BEARISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 25 of results (avg 7.8%, best 2.7%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$740.00	Nov 20	36.05	37.70	$36.88	4.5%	87	0.49	566
$600.00	Nov 20	130.50	141.45	$135.98	8.1%	33	0.92	26
$600.00	Oct 16	125.80	137.85	$131.82	9.1%	5	1.00	10

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$860.00	Nov 20	133.15	136.85	$135.00	2.7%	5	0.88	107
$730.00	Nov 20	39.75	41.80	$40.78	5.0%	38	0.47	472
$740.00	Nov 20	44.70	47.40	$46.05	5.9%	49	0.51	508
$700.00	Nov 20	26.00	27.70	$26.85	6.3%	148	0.36	517
$730.00	Nov 27	41.20	43.90	$42.55	6.3%	1	0.47	--

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. 161 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Oct 16	125.80	137.85	$131.82	9.1%	5	1.00	10
$730.00	Oct 16	0.99	2.39	$1.69	82.8%	60	1.00	63
$722.50	Oct 16	3.90	11.50	$7.70	98.7%	5	0.98	5
$600.00	Oct 30	123.70	137.00	$130.35	10.2%	1	0.95	--
$600.00	Nov 20	130.50	141.45	$135.98	8.1%	33	0.92	26

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$730.00	Oct 16	0.75	1.51	$1.13	67.3%	491	1.00	1.1K
$732.50	Oct 16	1.41	4.90	$3.16	110.4%	22	1.00	66
$735.00	Oct 16	3.25	8.20	$5.73	86.4%	215	1.00	371
$737.50	Oct 16	5.45	9.05	$7.25	49.7%	41	1.00	27
$740.00	Oct 16	8.10	11.40	$9.75	33.8%	311	1.00	874

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 458 active (total vol 15.6K, top 758)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$800.00	Oct 23	0.29	1.04	$0.67	111.9%	474	0.04	596
$760.00	Nov 6	18.65	26.40	$22.53	34.4%	342	0.39	37
$750.00	Nov 6	24.00	30.15	$27.08	22.7%	325	0.44	34
$745.00	Oct 16	0.00	0.14	$0.07	200.0%	294	0.03	83
$750.00	Oct 16	0.00	0.10	$0.05	200.0%	242	0.02	157

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$720.00	Oct 16	0.00	0.26	$0.13	200.0%	758	0.05	802
$730.00	Oct 16	0.75	1.51	$1.13	67.3%	491	1.00	1.1K
$700.00	Oct 16	0.00	1.28	$0.64	200.0%	391	0.07	917
$710.00	Oct 16	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	314	0.00	672
$740.00	Oct 16	8.10	11.40	$9.75	33.8%	311	1.00	874

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 10 strikes (avg 407.6%, max 880.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$747.50	Oct 16	Oct 23	352.7%	37.0%	852.3%	222	59
$712.50	Oct 16	Oct 23	378.6%	42.5%	790.9%	10	54
$727.50	Oct 16	Oct 23	58.5%	40.0%	46.4%	14	31
$732.50	Oct 16	Oct 23	57.6%	42.9%	34.2%	88	24
$680.00	Nov 6	Nov 20	52.4%	46.8%	12.1%	151	28

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$705.00	Oct 16	Nov 13	474.4%	48.4%	880.0%	13	37
$712.50	Oct 16	Oct 23	378.6%	42.5%	790.9%	22	33
$715.00	Oct 16	Nov 13	345.3%	48.2%	615.8%	50	59
$727.50	Oct 16	Oct 23	58.5%	40.0%	46.4%	122	40
$695.00	Oct 23	Nov 27	45.5%	42.7%	6.6%	18	204

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 264 found (best R:R 3.41, avg 4.51)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$720.00	$730.00	Nov 20	$2.27	$7.73	$2.27	57%	3.41	$722.27
$780.00	$790.00	Nov 6	$0.23	$9.77	$0.23	30%	42.48	$780.23
$740.00	$750.00	Nov 20	$2.96	$7.04	$2.96	49%	2.38	$742.96
$700.00	$710.00	Nov 20	$5.00	$5.00	$5.00	65%	1.00	$705.00
$690.00	$715.00	Nov 6	$15.28	$9.72	$15.28	70%	0.64	$705.28

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$760.00	$740.00	Nov 27	$8.26	$11.74	$8.26	58%	1.42	$751.74
$790.00	$780.00	Nov 20	$5.20	$4.80	$5.20	70%	0.92	$784.80
$800.00	$795.00	Nov 6	$2.22	$2.78	$2.22	77%	1.25	$797.78
$795.00	$790.00	Oct 16	$3.25	$1.75	$3.25	93%	0.54	$791.75
$760.00	$750.00	Nov 20	$4.35	$5.65	$4.35	59%	1.30	$755.65

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 217 found (best R:R 0.75, avg 0.63)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$845.00	$850.00	Oct 16	$2.14	$2.14	$2.86	93%	0.75	$847.14
$785.00	$790.00	Oct 16	$2.14	$2.14	$2.86	89%	0.75	$787.14
$797.50	$800.00	Oct 16	$2.10	$2.10	$0.40	90%	5.25	$799.60
$815.00	$820.00	Oct 16	$1.93	$1.93	$3.07	91%	0.63	$816.93
$747.50	$750.00	Oct 16	$2.10	$2.10	$0.40	80%	5.25	$749.60

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$692.50	$690.00	Oct 16	$2.12	$2.12	$0.38	88%	5.58	$690.38
$710.00	$695.00	Nov 27	$7.37	$7.37	$7.63	60%	0.97	$702.63
$712.50	$710.00	Oct 16	$2.14	$2.14	$0.36	81%	5.94	$710.36
$720.00	$710.00	Nov 20	$5.70	$5.70	$4.30	57%	1.33	$714.30
$680.00	$670.00	Oct 16	$1.88	$1.88	$8.12	90%	0.23	$678.12

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 1 found (avg debit $23.42, cheapest $23.42)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$720.00	Oct 23	Nov 20	$23.42	43.0%	46.6%

PUTS (0)

No puts found

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 110 found (cheapest 0.39% of stock, avg 7.96%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$730.00	Oct 16	$1.69	$1.13	$2.82	$727.18	$732.82	0.39%
$732.50	Oct 16	$0.56	$3.16	$3.72	$728.78	$736.22	0.51%
$727.50	Oct 16	$3.59	$0.39	$3.98	$723.52	$731.48	0.54%
$725.00	Oct 16	$5.43	$0.18	$5.61	$719.39	$730.61	0.77%
$735.00	Oct 16	$0.22	$5.73	$5.95	$729.05	$740.95	0.81%
$737.50	Oct 16	$0.16	$7.25	$7.41	$730.09	$744.91	1.01%
$722.50	Oct 16	$7.70	$0.05	$7.75	$714.75	$730.25	1.06%
$740.00	Oct 16	$0.07	$9.75	$9.82	$730.18	$749.82	1.34%
$742.50	Oct 16	$0.28	$12.38	$12.66	$729.84	$755.16	1.73%
$745.00	Oct 16	$0.07	$14.23	$14.30	$730.70	$759.30	1.96%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.08% of stock, avg 6.40%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$735.00	$727.50	Oct 16	$0.22	$0.39	$0.61	$726.89	$735.61
$732.50	$727.50	Oct 16	$0.56	$0.39	$0.95	$726.55	$733.45
$735.00	$705.00	Oct 16	$0.22	$2.15	$2.37	$702.63	$737.37
$735.00	$707.50	Oct 16	$0.22	$2.15	$2.37	$705.13	$737.37
$735.00	$712.50	Oct 16	$0.22	$2.15	$2.37	$710.13	$737.37
$735.00	$715.00	Oct 16	$0.22	$2.15	$2.37	$712.63	$737.37
$747.50	$727.50	Oct 16	$2.15	$0.39	$2.54	$724.96	$750.04
$780.00	$727.50	Oct 16	$2.05	$0.39	$2.44	$725.06	$782.44
$732.50	$715.00	Oct 16	$0.56	$2.15	$2.71	$712.29	$735.21
$785.00	$727.50	Oct 16	$2.15	$0.39	$2.54	$724.96	$787.54

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 310 found (best R:R 5.76, avg credit $3.33)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
690/692	845/850	Oct 16	$4.26	$0.74	80%	5.76	$688.24	$849.26
690/692	785/790	Oct 16	$4.26	$0.74	77%	5.76	$688.24	$789.26
690/692	815/820	Oct 16	$4.05	$0.95	79%	4.26	$688.45	$819.05
710/712	845/850	Oct 16	$4.28	$0.72	74%	5.94	$708.22	$849.28
710/712	785/790	Oct 16	$4.28	$0.72	70%	5.94	$708.22	$789.28
710/712	815/820	Oct 16	$4.07	$0.93	73%	4.38	$708.43	$819.07
690/692	855/860	Oct 16	$3.58	$1.42	81%	2.52	$688.92	$858.58
700/705	845/850	Oct 16	$3.65	$1.35	77%	2.70	$701.35	$848.65
700/705	798/800	Oct 16	$3.61	$1.39	75%	2.60	$701.39	$801.11
710/712	855/860	Oct 16	$3.60	$1.40	74%	2.57	$708.90	$858.60

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 157 found (best R:R 3.72, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$730.00	$732.50	$735.00	Oct 16	$0.79	$1.71	88%	2.16
$727.50	$730.00	$732.50	Oct 16	$0.77	$1.73	56%	2.25
$732.50	$735.00	$737.50	Oct 16	$0.28	$2.22	21%	7.93
$795.00	$800.00	$805.00	Nov 13	$0.07	$4.93	3%	70.43
$745.00	$750.00	$755.00	Oct 30	$0.14	$4.86	5%	34.71

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$725.00	$727.50	$730.00	Oct 16	$0.53	$1.97	90%	3.72
$690.00	$700.00	$710.00	Nov 20	$0.08	$9.92	8%	124.00
$722.50	$725.00	$727.50	Oct 16	$0.08	$2.42	22%	30.25
$750.00	$760.00	$770.00	Nov 13	$0.29	$9.71	8%	33.48
$727.50	$730.00	$732.50	Oct 16	$1.29	$1.21	74%	0.94

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 150 found (best net $-24.02, 114 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$600.00	$670.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$24.02	$45.98
$715.00	$722.50	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.30	$7.20
$840.00	$865.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.62	$24.38
$725.00	$727.50	1:2	Oct 16	-$1.75	$0.75
$735.00	$737.50	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.10	$2.40

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$735.00	$732.50	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.59	$1.91
$640.00	$620.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$1.83	$18.17
$675.00	$670.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.14	$4.86
$620.00	$600.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$1.72	$18.28
$665.00	$660.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.26	$4.74

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 117 found (best yield 4.65%, avg 1.47%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$745.00	Nov 27	$33.95	0.48	1.9%	4.65%	6.59%	1	--
$740.00	Nov 20	$36.05	0.49	1.3%	4.93%	6.20%	87	566
$750.00	Nov 20	$31.70	0.46	2.6%	4.34%	6.97%	41	147
$740.00	Nov 27	$35.70	0.50	1.3%	4.89%	6.15%	2	--
$750.00	Nov 27	$31.20	0.46	2.6%	4.27%	6.90%	3	--
$760.00	Nov 20	$25.85	0.42	4.0%	3.54%	7.54%	50	381
$770.00	Nov 27	$22.90	0.39	5.4%	3.13%	8.50%	8	4
$775.00	Nov 27	$21.15	0.37	6.0%	2.89%	8.95%	70	8
$780.00	Nov 27	$19.95	0.35	6.7%	2.73%	9.47%	182	6
$740.00	Nov 13	$32.15	0.49	1.3%	4.40%	5.66%	4	--

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 9,554

Total Puts 11,193

Put/Call Ratio 1.17

Net Difference -1,639

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 11,116

Total Puts 16,619

Put/Call Ratio 1.50

Net Difference -5,503

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 90,802

Total Puts 92,053

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.06

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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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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