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CATERPILLAR INC

$818.27 -0.45%

(8/26 18:02) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/27 3:05pm) 24,910

Calls: 9,021 (36%)

Puts: 15,889 (64%)

Prior (08/26) 17,727

Calls: 5,793 (33%)

Puts: 11,934 (67%)

Current vs Prior +40.52%

Calls: +55.72% (Calls)

Puts: +33.14% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 181,960

Calls: 78,482 (43%)

Puts: 103,478 (57%)

Prior 7-Day Average 25,994

Calls: 11,211 (43%)

Puts: 14,782 (57%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -4.17%

Calls: -19.54%

Puts: +7.48%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/27 3:05pm) $28.19M

Calls: $13.69M (49%)

Puts: $14.50M (51%)

Prior (08/26) $27.35M

Calls: $12.74M (47%)

Puts: $14.61M (53%)

Current vs Prior +3.05%

Calls: +7.41%

Puts: -0.75%

Prior 7-Day Total $327.99M

Calls: $126.36M (39%)

Puts: $201.64M (61%)

Prior 7-Day Average $46.86M

Calls: $18.05M (39%)

Puts: $28.81M (61%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -39.84%

Calls: -24.17%

Puts: -49.67%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/27 3:05pm) 1.76

Prior (08/26) 2.06

Current vs Prior -14.50%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.33

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +32.64%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/27 3:05pm) 287,656

Calls: 133,146 (46%)

Puts: 154,510 (54%)

Prior (08/26) 282,048

Calls: 131,567 (47%)

Puts: 150,481 (53%)

Current vs Prior +1.99%

Prior 7-Day Total 2,151,471

Calls: 1,026,645 (48%)

Puts: 1,124,826 (52%)

Prior 7-Day Average 307,353

Calls: 146,663 (48%)

Puts: 160,689 (52%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -6.41%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

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

Current 1.97% | 4.38%7.45% | 11.59%

Prior 3.43% | 5.59%8.12% | 12.20%

Current vs Prior -42.78% | -21.53%-8.27% | -4.98%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.47% | 5.05%4.23% | 10.05%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -20.44% | -13.23%+75.95% | +15.35%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.43% | 5.59%7.57% | 11.85%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -42.78% | -21.53%-1.54% | -2.20%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 34.67% | 20.53%

Calls: 32.24% | 16.27%

Puts: 37.09% | 24.79%

Prior 18.01% | 14.95%

Calls: 14.81% | 10.45%

Puts: 21.21% | 19.45%

Current vs Prior +92.50% | +37.32%

Prior 7-Day Avg 39.27% | 15.11%

Calls: 38.44% | 13.73%

Puts: 40.10% | 16.50%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -11.72% | +35.86%

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Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.76 - heavy put buying.

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Current BEARISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 92 of results (avg 8.0%, best 4.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$725.00	Sep 25	97.60	103.00	$100.30	5.4%	2	0.89	--
$720.00	Sep 18	99.00	105.20	$102.10	6.1%	--	0.93	1.6K
$830.00	Sep 11	17.85	19.00	$18.43	6.2%	523	0.43	98
$740.00	Sep 18	82.05	87.35	$84.70	6.3%	2	0.88	112
$735.00	Sep 25	88.05	94.00	$91.03	6.5%	2	0.87	1

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$920.00	Sep 18	101.90	106.65	$104.28	4.6%	16	0.87	312
$910.00	Sep 18	92.80	97.80	$95.30	5.2%	--	0.86	27
$870.00	Sep 18	59.90	63.25	$61.58	5.4%	--	0.73	326
$960.00	Sep 18	136.90	144.85	$140.88	5.6%	--	0.93	125
$930.00	Sep 18	109.55	115.95	$112.75	5.7%	--	0.90	41

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. 188 found (avg delta 0.78, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$670.00	Aug 28	143.35	154.00	$148.68	7.2%	--	1.00	12
$675.00	Aug 28	138.00	147.95	$142.98	7.0%	--	1.00	15
$735.00	Aug 28	80.00	86.60	$83.30	7.9%	1	1.00	2
$760.00	Aug 28	55.00	61.45	$58.23	11.1%	3	1.00	20
$765.00	Aug 28	50.00	57.10	$53.55	13.3%	1	1.00	3

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$910.00	Sep 4	88.60	95.00	$91.80	7.0%	--	1.00	29
$915.00	Sep 4	93.55	100.40	$96.98	7.1%	--	1.00	20
$920.00	Sep 4	98.50	105.00	$101.75	6.4%	--	1.00	13
$940.00	Sep 4	116.00	127.40	$121.70	9.4%	15	1.00	11
$980.00	Sep 18	155.80	169.80	$162.80	8.6%	--	1.00	72

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 381 active (total vol 14.5K, top 884)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$815.00	Aug 28	7.15	9.90	$8.53	32.2%	619	0.58	135
$830.00	Sep 4	11.40	14.35	$12.88	22.9%	615	0.42	83
$830.00	Sep 11	17.85	19.00	$18.43	6.2%	523	0.43	98
$820.00	Sep 4	15.95	18.15	$17.05	12.9%	480	0.51	39
$850.00	Aug 28	0.26	0.41	$0.34	44.1%	324	0.04	1.4K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$790.00	Sep 4	5.40	6.90	$6.15	24.4%	884	0.24	189
$800.00	Aug 28	1.00	1.40	$1.20	33.3%	881	0.14	448
$795.00	Aug 28	0.48	0.90	$0.69	60.9%	833	0.09	239
$810.00	Sep 4	11.90	13.80	$12.85	14.8%	474	0.41	156
$790.00	Aug 28	0.21	0.57	$0.39	92.3%	468	0.05	1.1K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 12 strikes (avg 4.1%, max 7.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$820.00	Aug 28	Oct 9	37.4%	34.9%	7.2%	69	576
$805.00	Aug 28	Sep 25	36.8%	34.7%	6.2%	42	37
$810.00	Aug 28	Sep 25	35.8%	34.5%	4.0%	30	151
$815.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	36.2%	34.8%	4.0%	620	141
$835.00	Aug 28	Sep 25	37.9%	36.5%	3.7%	105	224

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$820.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	37.4%	34.8%	7.7%	33	175
$815.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	36.2%	34.8%	4.0%	66	612
$805.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	36.8%	35.5%	3.8%	57	149
$830.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	37.8%	37.0%	2.2%	22	141
$810.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	35.8%	35.1%	2.1%	165	714

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 329 found (best R:R 0.72, avg 6.58)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$775.00	$820.00	Oct 9	$26.12	$18.88	$26.12	69%	0.72	$801.12
$870.00	$880.00	Oct 9	$1.95	$8.05	$1.95	34%	4.13	$871.95
$835.00	$840.00	Sep 25	$0.95	$4.05	$0.95	44%	4.26	$835.95
$780.00	$815.00	Oct 2	$20.88	$14.12	$20.88	69%	0.68	$800.88
$775.00	$795.00	Sep 25	$12.70	$7.30	$12.70	72%	0.57	$787.70

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$860.00	$855.00	Sep 11	$2.60	$2.40	$2.60	74%	0.92	$857.40
$835.00	$830.00	Aug 28	$3.15	$1.85	$3.15	84%	0.59	$831.85
$815.00	$812.50	Sep 4	$0.22	$2.28	$0.22	45%	10.36	$814.78
$817.50	$815.00	Sep 4	$0.40	$2.10	$0.40	47%	5.25	$817.10
$815.00	$810.00	Sep 11	$1.60	$3.40	$1.60	46%	2.13	$813.40

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 266 found (best R:R 0.75, avg 0.37)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$945.00	$950.00	Aug 28	$2.14	$2.14	$2.86	93%	0.75	$947.14
$975.00	$980.00	Sep 4	$2.03	$2.03	$2.97	94%	0.68	$977.03
$970.00	$975.00	Aug 28	$1.71	$1.71	$3.29	95%	0.52	$971.71
$970.00	$975.00	Sep 25	$1.89	$1.89	$3.11	91%	0.61	$971.89
$910.00	$915.00	Aug 28	$1.50	$1.50	$3.50	94%	0.43	$911.50

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$695.00	$690.00	Aug 28	$2.07	$2.07	$2.93	94%	0.71	$692.93
$705.00	$700.00	Aug 28	$1.86	$1.86	$3.14	94%	0.59	$703.14
$705.00	$700.00	Sep 4	$1.82	$1.82	$3.18	94%	0.57	$703.18
$680.00	$675.00	Aug 28	$1.75	$1.75	$3.25	95%	0.54	$678.25
$715.00	$700.00	Oct 2	$2.67	$2.67	$12.33	89%	0.22	$712.33

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 10 found (avg debit $9.43, cheapest $5.95)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$812.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$5.95	37.7%	33.9%
$832.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$4.75	36.8%	35.1%
$820.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$11.47	37.4%	35.9%
$825.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$11.23	35.9%	35.5%
$815.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$10.89	36.2%	35.7%

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$820.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$10.20	37.4%	35.9%
$825.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$9.62	35.9%	35.5%
$815.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$10.25	36.2%	35.7%
$810.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$9.80	35.8%	35.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 139 found (cheapest 1.60% of stock, avg 6.93%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$820.00	Aug 28	$5.58	$7.55	$13.13	$806.87	$833.13	1.60%
$815.00	Aug 28	$8.53	$4.95	$13.48	$801.52	$828.48	1.65%
$825.00	Aug 28	$3.40	$11.03	$14.43	$810.57	$839.43	1.76%
$810.00	Aug 28	$12.35	$3.05	$15.40	$794.60	$825.40	1.88%
$830.00	Aug 28	$2.29	$14.50	$16.79	$813.21	$846.79	2.05%
$805.00	Aug 28	$15.18	$1.90	$17.08	$787.92	$822.08	2.09%
$835.00	Aug 28	$1.36	$17.65	$19.01	$815.99	$854.01	2.32%
$800.00	Aug 28	$19.52	$1.20	$20.72	$779.28	$820.72	2.53%
$840.00	Aug 28	$0.73	$22.40	$23.13	$816.87	$863.13	2.83%
$795.00	Aug 28	$24.13	$0.69	$24.82	$770.18	$819.82	3.03%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 170 found (cheapest 0.17% of stock, avg 4.67%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$840.00	$795.00	Aug 28	$0.73	$0.69	$1.42	$793.58	$841.42
$840.00	$800.00	Aug 28	$0.73	$1.20	$1.93	$798.07	$841.93
$835.00	$795.00	Aug 28	$1.36	$0.69	$2.05	$792.95	$837.05
$835.00	$800.00	Aug 28	$1.36	$1.20	$2.56	$797.44	$837.56
$840.00	$805.00	Aug 28	$0.73	$1.90	$2.63	$802.37	$842.63
$835.00	$805.00	Aug 28	$1.36	$1.90	$3.26	$801.74	$838.26
$830.00	$795.00	Aug 28	$2.29	$0.69	$2.98	$792.02	$832.98
$830.00	$800.00	Aug 28	$2.29	$1.20	$3.49	$796.51	$833.49
$830.00	$805.00	Aug 28	$2.29	$1.90	$4.19	$800.81	$834.19
$840.00	$810.00	Aug 28	$0.73	$3.05	$3.78	$806.22	$843.78

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 268 found (best R:R 2.50, avg credit $2.06)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
690/695	910/915	Aug 28	$3.57	$1.43	88%	2.50	$691.43	$913.57
700/705	910/915	Aug 28	$3.36	$1.64	88%	2.05	$701.64	$913.36
675/680	910/915	Aug 28	$3.25	$1.75	88%	1.86	$676.75	$913.25
690/695	872/875	Aug 28	$2.95	$2.05	88%	1.44	$692.05	$875.45
700/705	872/875	Aug 28	$2.74	$2.26	87%	1.21	$702.26	$875.24
675/680	872/875	Aug 28	$2.63	$2.37	88%	1.11	$677.37	$875.13
690/695	880/885	Aug 28	$2.20	$2.80	93%	0.79	$692.80	$882.20
690/695	852/855	Aug 28	$2.20	$2.80	91%	0.79	$692.80	$854.70
690/695	835/840	Aug 28	$2.70	$2.30	79%	1.17	$692.30	$837.70
700/705	880/885	Aug 28	$1.99	$3.01	92%	0.66	$703.01	$881.99

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
$780.00	$790.00	$800.00	Sep 18	$0.13	$9.87	10%	75.92
$825.00	$830.00	$835.00	Aug 28	$0.18	$4.82	17%	26.78
$880.00	$890.00	$900.00	Sep 18	$0.09	$9.91	6%	110.11
$840.00	$845.00	$850.00	Sep 4	$0.05	$4.95	8%	99.00
$860.00	$870.00	$880.00	Sep 18	$0.30	$9.70	8%	32.33

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$795.00	$800.00	$805.00	Aug 28	$0.19	$4.81	12%	25.32
$835.00	$840.00	$845.00	Aug 28	$0.13	$4.87	9%	37.46
$730.00	$740.00	$750.00	Sep 18	$0.19	$9.81	6%	51.63
$900.00	$910.00	$920.00	Sep 18	$0.11	$9.89	4%	89.91
$800.00	$805.00	$810.00	Sep 4	$0.14	$4.86	9%	34.71

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 242 found (best net $-2.77, 213 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$680.00	$735.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$28.10	$26.90
$775.00	$820.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$15.76	$29.24
$820.00	$860.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$8.68	$31.32
$780.00	$815.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$19.52	$15.48
$820.00	$825.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$1.22	$3.78

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$940.00	$865.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$2.77	$72.23
$945.00	$880.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$15.65	$49.35
$815.00	$810.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$1.15	$3.85
$810.00	$805.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.75	$4.25
$800.00	$795.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.18	$4.82

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 137 found (best yield 4.64%, avg 1.20%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$820.00	Oct 9	$38.00	0.52	0.2%	4.64%	4.86%	3	--
$860.00	Oct 9	$22.00	0.37	5.1%	2.69%	7.79%	1	--
$825.00	Oct 2	$33.55	0.50	0.8%	4.10%	4.92%	7	3
$830.00	Oct 2	$31.05	0.48	1.4%	3.79%	5.23%	9	16
$880.00	Oct 9	$17.20	0.31	7.5%	2.10%	9.65%	2	--
$855.00	Oct 2	$21.85	0.38	4.5%	2.67%	7.16%	--	11
$870.00	Oct 9	$18.15	0.34	6.3%	2.22%	8.54%	1	--
$820.00	Oct 2	$34.65	0.52	0.2%	4.23%	4.45%	1	2
$850.00	Oct 2	$22.85	0.40	3.9%	2.79%	6.67%	--	14
$860.00	Oct 2	$19.60	0.36	5.1%	2.40%	7.50%	--	13

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 9,021

Total Puts 15,889

Put/Call Ratio 1.76

Net Difference -6,868

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 5,793

Total Puts 11,934

Put/Call Ratio 2.06

Net Difference -6,141

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 78,482

Total Puts 103,478

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.33

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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Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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