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CATERPILLAR INC

$790.70 -1.19%

(8/31 10:00) ◀

Monday, August 31, 2026 (11:00am)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/31 11:00am) 12,590

Calls: 4,501 (36%)

Puts: 8,089 (64%)

Prior (08/04) 36,573

Calls: 14,357 (39%)

Puts: 22,216 (61%)

Current vs Prior -65.58%

Calls: -68.65% (Calls)

Puts: -63.59% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 155,082

Calls: 63,905 (41%)

Puts: 91,177 (59%)

Prior 7-Day Average 22,154

Calls: 9,129 (41%)

Puts: 13,025 (59%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -43.17%

Calls: -50.70%

Puts: -37.90%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/31 11:00am) $31.22M

Calls: $23.73M (76%)

Puts: $7.50M (24%)

Prior (08/04) $61.30M

Calls: $28.15M (46%)

Puts: $33.16M (54%)

Current vs Prior -49.07%

Calls: -15.70%

Puts: -77.39%

Prior 7-Day Total $278.12M

Calls: $112.20M (40%)

Puts: $165.92M (60%)

Prior 7-Day Average $39.73M

Calls: $16.03M (40%)

Puts: $23.70M (60%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -21.42%

Calls: +48.02%

Puts: -68.37%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/31 11:00am) 1.80

Prior (08/04) 1.55

Current vs Prior +16.14%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.48

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +21.67%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/31 11:00am) 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 2,066,603

Calls: 968,689 (47%)

Puts: 1,097,914 (53%)

Prior 7-Day Average 295,229

Calls: 138,384 (47%)

Puts: 156,844 (53%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -7.25%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 3.62% | 5.39%6.75% | 11.01%

Prior 0.78% | 4.05%7.11% | 11.27%

Current vs Prior +367.55% | +32.86%-5.06% | -2.35%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.24% | 4.84%5.90% | 10.92%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +61.62% | +11.27%+14.28% | +0.79%

Prior 7-Day Eod 0.78% | 4.05%7.05% | 11.34%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +367.55% | +32.86%-4.28% | -2.92%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 17.91% | 9.05%

Calls: 29.32% | 9.98%

Puts: 6.51% | 8.13%

Prior 69.07% | 10.89%

Calls: 56.82% | 9.13%

Puts: 81.32% | 12.65%

Current vs Prior -74.07% | -16.90%

Prior 7-Day Avg 38.48% | 14.03%

Calls: 36.81% | 12.55%

Puts: 40.16% | 15.51%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -53.46% | -35.50%

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Strong bullish conviction with 76% of dollar volume in calls ($23.73M) vs puts ($7.50M). Below-average activity with volume down 66% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.80 - 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
11:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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 112 of results (avg 7.5%, best 4.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$650.00	Sep 18	139.95	147.15	$143.55	5.0%	--	0.98	10
$700.00	Sep 18	91.95	96.85	$94.40	5.2%	--	0.94	378
$795.00	Sep 18	23.65	25.00	$24.33	5.5%	11	0.49	--
$680.00	Sep 18	111.75	118.20	$114.98	5.6%	--	0.96	189
$710.00	Sep 18	82.75	87.55	$85.15	5.6%	--	0.91	15

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$890.00	Sep 18	98.45	103.15	$100.80	4.7%	1	0.91	184
$870.00	Sep 18	80.15	84.30	$82.23	5.0%	1	0.87	325
$920.00	Sep 18	125.70	132.35	$129.03	5.2%	--	0.94	303
$940.00	Sep 18	144.15	152.05	$148.10	5.3%	--	1.00	183
$930.00	Sep 18	134.10	141.95	$138.02	5.7%	--	1.00	42

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. 130 found (avg delta 0.78, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$665.00	Sep 4	121.80	133.00	$127.40	8.8%	--	1.00	18
$685.00	Sep 4	103.45	109.75	$106.60	5.9%	--	1.00	11
$720.00	Sep 4	68.40	75.00	$71.70	9.2%	--	1.00	12
$640.00	Sep 18	149.65	159.00	$154.32	6.1%	--	0.99	176
$650.00	Sep 18	139.95	147.15	$143.55	5.0%	--	0.98	10

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$900.00	Sep 11	103.00	113.35	$108.18	9.6%	--	1.00	17
$940.00	Sep 11	143.00	153.55	$148.28	7.1%	--	1.00	12
$930.00	Sep 18	134.10	141.95	$138.02	5.7%	--	1.00	42
$940.00	Sep 18	144.15	152.05	$148.10	5.3%	--	1.00	183
$890.00	Sep 4	96.20	102.50	$99.35	6.3%	1	0.99	4

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 254 active (total vol 7.0K, top 1.9K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$880.00	Sep 4	0.11	0.24	$0.18	72.2%	174	0.01	311
$820.00	Sep 4	3.30	4.15	$3.73	22.8%	126	0.20	358
$850.00	Sep 4	0.43	0.92	$0.68	72.1%	95	0.05	201
$870.00	Sep 4	0.16	0.25	$0.21	42.9%	91	0.02	372
$800.00	Sep 11	15.35	17.35	$16.35	12.2%	80	0.45	79

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$700.00	Sep 18	1.90	2.04	$1.97	7.1%	1.9K	0.07	1.6K
$750.00	Sep 4	1.34	1.80	$1.57	29.3%	637	0.10	1.5K
$800.00	Sep 4	16.60	19.45	$18.02	15.8%	375	0.60	931
$800.00	Sep 18	28.30	30.30	$29.30	6.8%	167	0.54	1.2K
$640.00	Sep 18	0.16	0.38	$0.27	81.5%	144	0.01	742

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 28 strikes (avg 8.5%, max 16.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$795.00	Sep 4	Oct 9	40.3%	34.5%	16.8%	28	27
$827.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	40.4%	36.0%	12.5%	10	47
$785.00	Sep 4	Oct 2	37.6%	34.3%	9.7%	1	13
$805.00	Sep 4	Oct 2	39.8%	36.3%	9.7%	20	84
$800.00	Sep 4	Oct 9	40.0%	36.6%	9.2%	39	101

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$795.00	Sep 4	Oct 9	40.3%	34.5%	16.8%	54	153
$770.00	Sep 4	Oct 9	38.1%	34.1%	11.8%	35	159
$765.00	Sep 4	Oct 2	38.3%	34.6%	10.7%	80	190
$775.00	Sep 4	Oct 2	38.1%	34.6%	10.2%	36	190
$800.00	Sep 4	Oct 2	40.0%	36.4%	9.8%	378	967

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 269 found (best R:R 0.50, avg 6.77)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$700.00	$795.00	Oct 9	$63.42	$31.58	$63.42	88%	0.50	$763.42
$800.00	$825.00	Oct 9	$8.57	$16.43	$8.57	49%	1.92	$808.57
$800.00	$805.00	Sep 25	$1.03	$3.97	$1.03	47%	3.85	$801.03
$765.00	$785.00	Oct 2	$11.00	$9.00	$11.00	65%	0.82	$776.00
$760.00	$795.00	Sep 25	$20.00	$15.00	$20.00	68%	0.75	$780.00

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$785.00	$780.00	Sep 25	$1.08	$3.92	$1.08	45%	3.63	$783.92
$825.00	$820.00	Oct 2	$2.15	$2.85	$2.15	63%	1.33	$822.85
$805.00	$800.00	Oct 2	$1.80	$3.20	$1.80	54%	1.78	$803.20
$695.00	$660.00	Oct 9	$2.09	$32.91	$2.09	12%	15.75	$692.91
$800.00	$795.00	Sep 25	$1.88	$3.12	$1.88	53%	1.66	$798.12

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 228 found (best R:R 1.06, avg 0.35)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$795.00	$800.00	Oct 9	$3.96	$3.96	$1.04	49%	3.81	$798.96
$940.00	$945.00	Oct 2	$1.34	$1.34	$3.66	92%	0.37	$941.34
$850.00	$860.00	Oct 2	$3.55	$3.55	$6.45	72%	0.55	$853.55
$935.00	$940.00	Sep 11	$1.12	$1.12	$3.88	95%	0.29	$936.12
$855.00	$860.00	Sep 25	$2.05	$2.05	$2.95	76%	0.69	$857.05

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$790.00	$770.00	Oct 9	$10.30	$10.30	$9.70	53%	1.06	$779.70
$745.00	$740.00	Oct 2	$2.95	$2.95	$2.05	74%	1.44	$742.05
$745.00	$705.00	Oct 9	$8.70	$8.70	$31.30	72%	0.28	$736.30
$660.00	$655.00	Oct 9	$1.81	$1.81	$3.19	92%	0.57	$658.19
$790.00	$785.00	Sep 25	$3.60	$3.60	$1.40	52%	2.57	$786.40

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 13 found (avg debit $6.43, cheapest $6.18)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$795.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$6.88	40.3%	36.6%
$805.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$6.63	39.8%	36.4%
$800.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$6.92	40.0%	36.7%
$785.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$6.60	37.6%	35.0%
$780.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$5.98	37.6%	35.1%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$795.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$6.18	40.3%	36.6%
$805.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$5.77	39.8%	36.4%
$800.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$6.51	40.0%	36.7%
$775.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$5.60	38.1%	34.9%
$785.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$6.17	37.6%	35.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 89 found (cheapest 3.25% of stock, avg 7.36%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$790.00	Sep 4	$13.30	$12.40	$25.70	$764.30	$815.70	3.25%
$785.00	Sep 4	$16.50	$10.13	$26.63	$758.37	$811.63	3.37%
$795.00	Sep 4	$11.60	$15.35	$26.95	$768.05	$821.95	3.41%
$800.00	Sep 4	$9.43	$18.02	$27.45	$772.55	$827.45	3.47%
$780.00	Sep 4	$19.80	$8.07	$27.87	$752.13	$807.87	3.52%
$805.00	Sep 4	$7.60	$21.40	$29.00	$776.00	$834.00	3.67%
$810.00	Sep 4	$6.00	$25.03	$31.03	$778.97	$841.03	3.92%
$770.00	Sep 4	$26.50	$5.03	$31.53	$738.47	$801.53	3.99%
$815.00	Sep 4	$4.75	$28.45	$33.20	$781.80	$848.20	4.20%
$817.50	Sep 4	$4.22	$30.50	$34.72	$782.78	$852.22	4.39%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 1.33% of stock, avg 4.85%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$812.50	$770.00	Sep 4	$5.45	$5.03	$10.48	$759.52	$822.98
$810.00	$770.00	Sep 4	$6.00	$5.03	$11.03	$758.97	$821.03
$812.50	$775.00	Sep 4	$5.45	$6.48	$11.93	$763.07	$824.43
$810.00	$775.00	Sep 4	$6.00	$6.48	$12.48	$762.52	$822.48
$805.00	$770.00	Sep 4	$7.60	$5.03	$12.63	$757.37	$817.63
$805.00	$775.00	Sep 4	$7.60	$6.48	$14.08	$760.92	$819.08
$812.50	$780.00	Sep 4	$5.45	$8.07	$13.52	$766.48	$826.02
$810.00	$780.00	Sep 4	$6.00	$8.07	$14.07	$765.93	$824.07
$805.00	$780.00	Sep 4	$7.60	$8.07	$15.67	$764.33	$820.67
$800.00	$770.00	Sep 4	$9.43	$5.03	$14.46	$755.54	$814.46

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 300 found (best R:R 9.42, avg credit $2.19)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
740/745	840/845	Oct 2	$4.52	$0.48	42%	9.42	$740.48	$844.52
740/745	835/840	Oct 2	$4.45	$0.55	40%	8.09	$740.55	$839.45
645/650	815/820	Sep 11	$3.09	$1.91	61%	1.62	$646.91	$818.09
685/690	815/820	Sep 11	$3.08	$1.92	60%	1.60	$686.92	$818.08
695/700	835/840	Sep 25	$3.05	$1.95	60%	1.56	$696.95	$838.05
740/745	850/860	Oct 2	$6.50	$3.50	45%	1.86	$738.50	$856.50
640/645	805/810	Sep 4	$2.91	$2.09	61%	1.39	$642.09	$807.91
645/650	822/825	Sep 11	$2.64	$2.36	65%	1.12	$647.36	$825.14
645/650	825/828	Sep 11	$2.49	$2.51	68%	0.99	$647.51	$827.49
740/745	845/850	Oct 2	$3.68	$1.32	44%	2.79	$741.32	$848.68

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 197 found (best R:R 49.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$780.00	$785.00	$790.00	Sep 4	$0.10	$4.90	12%	49.00
$845.00	$865.00	$885.00	Oct 9	$1.07	$18.93	12%	17.69
$870.00	$880.00	$890.00	Sep 18	$0.10	$9.90	4%	99.00
$740.00	$750.00	$760.00	Sep 18	$0.40	$9.60	10%	24.00
$880.00	$890.00	$900.00	Sep 18	$0.10	$9.90	4%	99.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$740.00	$750.00	$760.00	Sep 18	$0.33	$9.67	10%	29.30
$770.00	$775.00	$780.00	Sep 4	$0.14	$4.86	11%	34.71
$780.00	$785.00	$790.00	Sep 4	$0.21	$4.79	12%	22.81
$760.00	$765.00	$770.00	Sep 4	$0.14	$4.86	9%	34.71
$750.00	$755.00	$760.00	Sep 4	$0.08	$4.92	6%	61.50

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 200 found (best net $-15.17, 180 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$700.00	$760.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$2.16	$57.84
$750.00	$780.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$4.36	$25.64
$760.00	$795.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$9.38	$25.62
$730.00	$755.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$15.32	$9.68
$900.00	$945.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.54	$44.46

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$940.00	$865.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$15.17	$59.83
$945.00	$880.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$31.97	$33.03
$695.00	$660.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$1.80	$33.20
$680.00	$670.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.22	$9.78
$650.00	$640.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.11	$9.89

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 119 found (best yield 4.54%, avg 1.09%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$795.00	Oct 9	$35.90	0.51	0.5%	4.54%	5.08%	4	1
$800.00	Oct 9	$33.35	0.49	1.2%	4.22%	5.39%	4	3
$825.00	Oct 9	$23.25	0.40	4.3%	2.94%	7.28%	1	--
$845.00	Oct 9	$17.40	0.32	6.9%	2.20%	9.07%	2	--
$795.00	Oct 2	$31.60	0.51	0.5%	4.00%	4.54%	2	3
$800.00	Oct 2	$29.30	0.49	1.2%	3.71%	4.88%	8	6
$805.00	Oct 2	$27.05	0.46	1.8%	3.42%	5.23%	8	6
$830.00	Oct 2	$18.25	0.35	5.0%	2.31%	7.28%	--	30
$865.00	Oct 9	$12.45	0.26	9.4%	1.57%	10.97%	1	4
$840.00	Oct 2	$15.25	0.32	6.2%	1.93%	8.16%	3	7

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 4,501

Total Puts 8,089

Put/Call Ratio 1.80

Net Difference -3,588

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 14,357

Total Puts 22,216

Put/Call Ratio 1.55

Net Difference -7,859

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 63,905

Total Puts 91,177

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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