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CATERPILLAR INC

$795.00 -0.66%

(8/28 18:01) ◀

Monday, August 31, 2026 (10:00am)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/31 10:00am) 6,416

Calls: 2,415 (38%)

Puts: 4,001 (62%)

Prior (08/04) 16,088

Calls: 6,733 (42%)

Puts: 9,355 (58%)

Current vs Prior -60.12%

Calls: -64.13% (Calls)

Puts: -57.23% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 162,511

Calls: 67,269 (41%)

Puts: 95,242 (59%)

Prior 7-Day Average 23,215

Calls: 9,609 (41%)

Puts: 13,606 (59%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -72.36%

Calls: -74.87%

Puts: -70.59%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/31 10:00am) $23.13M

Calls: $20.77M (90%)

Puts: $2.36M (10%)

Prior (08/04) $31.49M

Calls: $15.51M (49%)

Puts: $15.98M (51%)

Current vs Prior -26.56%

Calls: +33.91%

Puts: -85.24%

Prior 7-Day Total $299.76M

Calls: $116.39M (39%)

Puts: $183.37M (61%)

Prior 7-Day Average $42.82M

Calls: $16.63M (39%)

Puts: $26.20M (61%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -46.00%

Calls: +24.90%

Puts: -90.99%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/31 10:00am) 1.66

Prior (08/04) 1.39

Current vs Prior +19.24%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.48

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +12.09%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/31 10:00am) 273,813

Calls: 128,041 (47%)

Puts: 145,772 (53%)

Prior (08/04) 282,032

Calls: 138,631 (49%)

Puts: 143,401 (51%)

Current vs Prior -2.91%

Prior 7-Day Total 2,089,089

Calls: 984,563 (47%)

Puts: 1,104,526 (53%)

Prior 7-Day Average 298,441

Calls: 140,651 (47%)

Puts: 157,789 (53%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -8.25%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 3.31% | 5.13%6.44% | 11.04%

Prior 1.97% | 4.38%7.45% | 11.59%

Current vs Prior +68.22% | +16.90%-13.49% | -4.73%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.57% | 4.99%5.33% | 10.62%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +28.65% | +2.67%+20.99% | +3.93%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.97% | 4.38%7.05% | 11.34%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +68.22% | +16.90%-8.57% | -2.61%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 26.35% | 20.79%

Calls: 28.98% | 16.90%

Puts: 23.72% | 24.68%

Prior 34.67% | 20.53%

Calls: 32.24% | 16.27%

Puts: 37.09% | 24.79%

Current vs Prior -24.00% | +1.27%

Prior 7-Day Avg 33.86% | 14.49%

Calls: 33.78% | 12.98%

Puts: 33.93% | 15.98%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -22.18% | +43.52%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 90% of dollar volume in calls ($20.77M) vs puts ($2.36M). Below-average activity with volume down 60% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.66 - heavy put buying.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
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10:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 48 of results (avg 8.1%, best 5.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$660.00	Sep 18	133.80	142.20	$138.00	6.1%	--	0.98	330
$680.00	Sep 18	114.80	122.05	$118.43	6.1%	--	0.96	189
$640.00	Sep 18	152.20	161.85	$157.02	6.1%	--	0.99	176
$700.00	Sep 18	95.85	102.10	$98.98	6.3%	--	0.94	378
$650.00	Sep 18	141.65	152.20	$146.93	7.2%	--	0.97	10

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$950.00	Sep 18	148.90	156.75	$152.82	5.1%	1	1.00	26
$900.00	Sep 18	102.35	109.00	$105.68	6.3%	2	0.91	1.8K
$890.00	Sep 18	93.10	99.15	$96.13	6.3%	1	0.89	184
$910.00	Sep 18	110.55	118.00	$114.28	6.5%	--	0.92	27
$880.00	Sep 18	83.90	89.90	$86.90	6.9%	--	0.86	195

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. 129 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$640.00	Sep 18	152.20	161.85	$157.02	6.1%	--	0.99	176
$665.00	Sep 4	125.50	137.35	$131.43	9.0%	--	0.99	18
$685.00	Sep 4	105.35	116.75	$111.05	10.3%	--	0.99	11
$720.00	Sep 4	73.00	80.00	$76.50	9.2%	--	0.98	12
$660.00	Sep 18	133.80	142.20	$138.00	6.1%	--	0.98	330

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$860.00	Sep 4	61.15	69.00	$65.08	12.1%	3	1.00	36
$875.00	Sep 4	75.00	84.20	$79.60	11.6%	--	1.00	24
$880.00	Sep 4	80.40	89.55	$84.98	10.8%	--	1.00	26
$885.00	Sep 4	85.75	94.70	$90.23	9.9%	--	1.00	18
$915.00	Sep 4	115.00	125.85	$120.43	9.0%	2	1.00	2

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 165 active (total vol 3.9K, top 1.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$880.00	Sep 4	0.10	0.40	$0.25	120.0%	108	0.02	311
$850.00	Sep 4	0.80	1.22	$1.01	41.6%	77	0.07	201
$810.00	Sep 4	6.75	8.80	$7.78	26.3%	54	0.35	144
$850.00	Sep 11	3.55	5.45	$4.50	42.2%	45	0.17	109
$840.00	Sep 4	1.60	2.32	$1.96	36.7%	24	0.12	200

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$700.00	Sep 18	1.80	2.00	$1.90	10.5%	1.7K	0.06	1.6K
$750.00	Sep 4	1.34	1.60	$1.47	17.7%	393	0.09	1.5K
$800.00	Sep 4	13.80	17.05	$15.43	21.1%	352	0.55	931
$640.00	Sep 18	0.15	0.34	$0.25	76.0%	126	0.01	742
$720.00	Sep 18	3.10	3.90	$3.50	22.9%	114	0.11	1.8K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 29 strikes (avg 9.1%, max 19.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$827.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	43.1%	36.0%	19.7%	10	47
$770.00	Sep 4	Sep 18	40.9%	35.1%	16.5%	--	63
$800.00	Sep 4	Oct 9	39.3%	34.6%	13.6%	15	101
$790.00	Sep 4	Sep 18	38.0%	34.2%	11.2%	3	814
$822.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	42.4%	38.5%	10.3%	2	26

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$770.00	Sep 4	Oct 9	40.9%	35.4%	15.5%	21	159
$765.00	Sep 4	Oct 2	40.0%	34.7%	15.2%	6	190
$775.00	Sep 4	Oct 2	38.9%	34.8%	11.9%	19	190
$785.00	Sep 4	Oct 2	38.0%	34.4%	10.4%	30	120
$825.00	Sep 4	Oct 2	39.8%	36.1%	10.4%	1	81

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 258 found (best R:R 2.00, avg 6.95)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$805.00	$830.00	Oct 2	$8.33	$16.67	$8.33	48%	2.00	$813.33
$825.00	$865.00	Oct 9	$10.93	$29.07	$10.93	41%	2.66	$835.93
$760.00	$795.00	Sep 25	$20.97	$14.03	$20.97	71%	0.67	$780.97
$800.00	$825.00	Oct 9	$10.20	$14.80	$10.20	51%	1.45	$810.20
$790.00	$795.00	Sep 11	$1.58	$3.42	$1.58	56%	2.16	$791.58

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$780.00	$775.00	Sep 11	$0.44	$4.56	$0.44	36%	10.36	$779.56
$870.00	$865.00	Sep 18	$3.09	$1.91	$3.09	85%	0.62	$866.91
$850.00	$845.00	Sep 25	$2.55	$2.45	$2.55	73%	0.96	$847.45
$800.00	$795.00	Sep 11	$1.45	$3.55	$1.45	52%	2.45	$798.55
$785.00	$780.00	Sep 18	$1.00	$4.00	$1.00	42%	4.00	$784.00

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 212 found (best R:R 0.18, avg 0.33)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$835.00	$840.00	Sep 25	$2.90	$2.90	$2.10	67%	1.38	$837.90
$855.00	$860.00	Sep 25	$2.30	$2.30	$2.70	74%	0.85	$857.30
$935.00	$940.00	Sep 4	$1.20	$1.20	$3.80	95%	0.32	$936.20
$800.00	$805.00	Oct 2	$3.30	$3.30	$1.70	49%	1.94	$803.30
$935.00	$940.00	Sep 25	$1.12	$1.12	$3.88	92%	0.29	$936.12

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$745.00	$660.00	Oct 9	$12.66	$12.66	$72.34	73%	0.18	$732.34
$655.00	$650.00	Sep 25	$1.70	$1.70	$3.30	94%	0.52	$653.30
$685.00	$680.00	Sep 25	$1.57	$1.57	$3.43	92%	0.46	$683.43
$790.00	$770.00	Oct 9	$9.27	$9.27	$10.73	55%	0.86	$780.73
$650.00	$645.00	Sep 11	$1.34	$1.34	$3.66	95%	0.37	$648.66

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 14 found (avg debit $7.14, cheapest $5.09)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$800.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$7.05	39.3%	36.6%
$790.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$6.98	38.0%	35.9%
$795.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$7.67	37.8%	35.7%
$810.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$7.40	39.9%	38.2%
$805.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$7.47	38.5%	37.1%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$780.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$5.09	38.4%	33.8%
$785.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$6.11	38.0%	35.0%
$800.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$5.47	39.3%	36.6%
$790.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$6.72	38.0%	35.9%
$795.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$6.80	37.8%	35.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 88 found (cheapest 3.31% of stock, avg 7.44%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$790.00	Sep 4	$15.90	$10.38	$26.28	$763.72	$816.28	3.31%
$795.00	Sep 4	$13.63	$12.65	$26.28	$768.72	$821.28	3.31%
$800.00	Sep 4	$11.45	$15.43	$26.88	$773.12	$826.88	3.38%
$805.00	Sep 4	$9.13	$19.08	$28.21	$776.79	$833.21	3.55%
$810.00	Sep 4	$7.78	$22.28	$30.06	$779.94	$840.06	3.78%
$815.00	Sep 4	$6.32	$24.75	$31.07	$783.93	$846.07	3.91%
$817.50	Sep 4	$5.33	$27.40	$32.73	$784.77	$850.23	4.12%
$820.00	Sep 4	$5.07	$28.68	$33.75	$786.25	$853.75	4.25%
$770.00	Sep 4	$30.00	$4.13	$34.13	$735.87	$804.13	4.29%
$825.00	Sep 4	$3.88	$33.23	$37.11	$787.89	$862.11	4.67%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 140 found (cheapest 1.47% of stock, avg 4.69%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$815.00	$775.00	Sep 4	$6.32	$5.35	$11.67	$763.33	$826.67
$815.00	$780.00	Sep 4	$6.32	$6.68	$13.00	$767.00	$828.00
$812.50	$775.00	Sep 4	$7.58	$5.35	$12.93	$762.07	$825.43
$810.00	$775.00	Sep 4	$7.78	$5.35	$13.13	$761.87	$823.13
$812.50	$780.00	Sep 4	$7.58	$6.68	$14.26	$765.74	$826.76
$810.00	$780.00	Sep 4	$7.78	$6.68	$14.46	$765.54	$824.46
$815.00	$785.00	Sep 4	$6.32	$8.32	$14.64	$770.36	$829.64
$810.00	$785.00	Sep 4	$7.78	$8.32	$16.10	$768.90	$826.10
$812.50	$785.00	Sep 4	$7.58	$8.32	$15.90	$769.10	$828.40
$805.00	$775.00	Sep 4	$9.13	$5.35	$14.48	$760.52	$819.48

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 292 found (best R:R 11.50, avg credit $1.86)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
650/655	835/840	Sep 25	$4.60	$0.40	61%	11.50	$650.40	$839.60
680/685	835/840	Sep 25	$4.47	$0.53	59%	8.43	$680.53	$839.47
660/665	835/840	Sep 25	$3.60	$1.40	62%	2.57	$661.40	$838.60
705/710	835/840	Sep 25	$3.71	$1.29	56%	2.88	$706.29	$838.71
720/722	822/825	Sep 4	$2.16	$0.34	70%	6.35	$720.34	$824.66
720/722	828/830	Sep 4	$2.05	$0.45	74%	4.56	$720.45	$829.55
720/725	835/840	Sep 25	$3.72	$1.28	52%	2.91	$721.28	$838.72
728/730	822/825	Sep 11	$2.38	$0.12	57%	19.83	$727.62	$824.88
695/700	835/840	Sep 25	$3.37	$1.63	58%	2.07	$696.63	$838.37
645/650	835/840	Sep 11	$2.74	$2.26	71%	1.21	$647.26	$837.74

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 168 found (best R:R 165.67, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$660.00	$680.00	$700.00	Sep 18	$0.12	$19.88	4%	165.67
$790.00	$795.00	$800.00	Sep 4	$0.09	$4.91	12%	54.56
$770.00	$780.00	$790.00	Sep 18	$0.47	$9.53	12%	20.28
$800.00	$805.00	$810.00	Sep 18	$0.19	$4.81	6%	25.32
$910.00	$915.00	$920.00	Oct 2	$0.10	$4.90	1%	49.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$750.00	$760.00	$770.00	Sep 18	$0.44	$9.56	11%	21.73
$770.00	$775.00	$780.00	Sep 4	$0.11	$4.89	9%	44.45
$755.00	$760.00	$765.00	Sep 4	$0.06	$4.94	7%	82.33
$785.00	$790.00	$795.00	Sep 4	$0.21	$4.79	12%	22.81
$690.00	$700.00	$710.00	Sep 18	$0.10	$9.90	4%	99.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 188 found (best net $-11.61, 171 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$750.00	$780.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$6.12	$23.88
$760.00	$795.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$9.66	$25.34
$770.00	$790.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$1.80	$18.20
$825.00	$865.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$4.77	$35.23
$730.00	$755.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$19.80	$5.20

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$940.00	$865.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$11.61	$63.39
$945.00	$880.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$28.36	$36.64
$727.50	$725.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.05	$2.45
$665.00	$660.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.23	$4.77
$670.00	$665.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.15	$4.85

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 1.05%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$795.00	Oct 9	$36.95	0.53	0.0%	4.65%	4.65%	3	1
$825.00	Oct 9	$24.30	0.41	3.8%	3.06%	6.83%	1	--
$800.00	Oct 9	$33.90	0.51	0.6%	4.26%	4.89%	3	3
$865.00	Oct 9	$13.25	0.28	8.8%	1.67%	10.47%	1	4
$800.00	Oct 2	$30.20	0.51	0.6%	3.80%	4.43%	5	6
$795.00	Oct 2	$32.25	0.53	0.0%	4.06%	4.06%	2	3
$805.00	Oct 2	$27.15	0.48	1.3%	3.42%	4.67%	3	6
$830.00	Oct 2	$18.65	0.38	4.4%	2.35%	6.75%	--	30
$835.00	Oct 2	$16.55	0.35	5.0%	2.08%	7.11%	--	10
$850.00	Oct 2	$13.00	0.30	6.9%	1.64%	8.55%	1	22

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 2,415

Total Puts 4,001

Put/Call Ratio 1.66

Net Difference -1,586

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 6,733

Total Puts 9,355

Put/Call Ratio 1.39

Net Difference -2,622

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 67,269

Total Puts 95,242

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.48

Ratio Trend Rising

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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