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CAT

CATERPILLAR INC

$791.87 -1.05%

(8/31 11:00) ◀

Monday, August 31, 2026 (12:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/31 12:00pm) 17,397

Calls: 6,770 (39%)

Puts: 10,627 (61%)

Prior (08/04) 47,675

Calls: 18,757 (39%)

Puts: 28,918 (61%)

Current vs Prior -63.51%

Calls: -63.91% (Calls)

Puts: -63.25% (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 -21.47%

Calls: -25.84%

Puts: -18.41%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/31 12:00pm) $38.57M

Calls: $28.42M (74%)

Puts: $10.16M (26%)

Prior (08/04) $78.01M

Calls: $40.49M (52%)

Puts: $37.52M (48%)

Current vs Prior -50.55%

Calls: -29.82%

Puts: -72.93%

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 -2.91%

Calls: +77.30%

Puts: -57.15%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/31 12:00pm) 1.57

Prior (08/04) 1.54

Current vs Prior +1.82%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.48

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +6.27%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/31 12:00pm) 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 3.57% | 5.34%6.79% | 10.86%

Prior 0.78% | 4.05%7.11% | 11.27%

Current vs Prior +360.74% | +31.79%-4.48% | -3.63%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg +59.27% | +10.37%+14.98% | -0.54%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod +360.74% | +31.79%-3.69% | -4.20%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 9.72% | 8.94%

Calls: 9.89% | 10.89%

Puts: 9.55% | 6.99%

Prior 69.07% | 10.89%

Calls: 56.82% | 9.13%

Puts: 81.32% | 12.65%

Current vs Prior -85.93% | -17.91%

Prior 7-Day Avg 38.48% | 14.03%

Calls: 36.81% | 12.55%

Puts: 40.16% | 15.51%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -74.74% | -36.29%

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Moderately bullish flow with 74% call dollar volume ($28.42M). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 51% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 64% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.57 - heavy put buying.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

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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 114 of results (avg 7.5%, best 3.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$640.00	Sep 18	151.60	156.45	$154.02	3.1%	10	0.99	176
$680.00	Sep 18	113.10	117.45	$115.28	3.8%	--	0.96	189
$700.00	Sep 18	92.85	97.80	$95.32	5.2%	--	0.94	378
$700.00	Sep 25	94.70	100.05	$97.38	5.5%	5	0.91	--
$650.00	Sep 18	139.10	147.15	$143.13	5.6%	--	0.99	10

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$920.00	Sep 18	126.20	130.30	$128.25	3.2%	--	0.93	303
$890.00	Sep 4	97.50	101.75	$99.63	4.3%	2	1.00	4
$940.00	Sep 11	145.35	151.95	$148.65	4.4%	--	1.00	12
$900.00	Sep 18	107.15	112.10	$109.63	4.5%	3	0.92	1.8K
$875.00	Sep 11	81.10	84.85	$82.98	4.5%	--	0.93	12

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. 137 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$685.00	Sep 4	102.85	113.15	$108.00	9.5%	--	1.00	11
$640.00	Sep 18	151.60	156.45	$154.02	3.1%	10	0.99	176
$665.00	Sep 4	121.80	133.00	$127.40	8.8%	--	0.99	18
$650.00	Sep 18	139.10	147.15	$143.13	5.6%	--	0.99	10
$690.00	Sep 4	99.00	106.15	$102.58	7.0%	--	0.98	16

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$860.00	Sep 4	65.50	72.00	$68.75	9.5%	3	1.00	36
$865.00	Sep 4	70.10	77.00	$73.55	9.4%	--	1.00	27
$870.00	Sep 4	75.00	81.85	$78.43	8.7%	3	1.00	33
$875.00	Sep 4	81.40	87.00	$84.20	6.7%	--	1.00	24
$880.00	Sep 4	85.75	91.70	$88.73	6.7%	--	1.00	26

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 309 active (total vol 8.9K, top 2.0K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$900.00	Sep 11	0.28	0.95	$0.62	108.1%	288	0.03	44
$880.00	Sep 4	0.08	0.24	$0.16	100.0%	276	0.01	311
$870.00	Sep 4	0.14	0.41	$0.28	96.4%	202	0.02	372
$820.00	Sep 4	3.20	4.00	$3.60	22.2%	181	0.20	358
$850.00	Sep 4	0.55	0.69	$0.62	22.6%	111	0.05	201

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$700.00	Sep 18	1.75	2.00	$1.88	13.3%	2.0K	0.06	1.6K
$750.00	Sep 4	1.34	1.55	$1.45	14.5%	694	0.09	1.5K
$800.00	Sep 4	15.50	18.35	$16.93	16.8%	387	0.59	931
$800.00	Sep 18	27.05	30.00	$28.53	10.3%	169	0.53	1.2K
$720.00	Sep 18	3.30	3.95	$3.63	17.9%	161	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. 27 strikes (avg 6.5%, max 12.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$785.00	Sep 4	Oct 2	37.4%	33.9%	10.5%	3	13
$790.00	Sep 4	Oct 2	37.6%	34.3%	9.6%	12	556
$795.00	Sep 4	Oct 9	38.1%	34.7%	9.5%	54	27
$770.00	Sep 4	Sep 18	37.7%	35.3%	6.8%	--	63
$780.00	Sep 4	Sep 18	37.6%	35.3%	6.6%	11	701

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$765.00	Sep 4	Oct 2	38.2%	34.1%	12.0%	95	190
$760.00	Sep 4	Oct 2	38.3%	34.4%	11.6%	143	258
$790.00	Sep 4	Oct 9	37.6%	33.9%	10.7%	28	785
$785.00	Sep 4	Oct 2	37.4%	33.9%	10.5%	83	120
$780.00	Sep 4	Oct 2	37.6%	34.2%	10.0%	64	1.1K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 287 found (best R:R 0.73, avg 7.86)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$760.00	$795.00	Sep 25	$20.18	$14.82	$20.18	69%	0.73	$780.18
$765.00	$785.00	Oct 2	$11.10	$8.90	$11.10	65%	0.80	$776.10
$830.00	$835.00	Oct 2	$0.61	$4.39	$0.61	35%	7.20	$830.61
$850.00	$855.00	Sep 25	$0.25	$4.75	$0.25	25%	19.00	$850.25
$845.00	$850.00	Sep 25	$0.37	$4.63	$0.37	27%	12.51	$845.37

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$740.00	$735.00	Oct 2	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	23%	37.46	$739.87
$780.00	$775.00	Oct 2	$1.05	$3.95	$1.05	42%	3.76	$778.95
$685.00	$660.00	Oct 9	$0.93	$24.07	$0.93	10%	25.88	$684.07
$840.00	$835.00	Oct 2	$2.45	$2.55	$2.45	68%	1.04	$837.55
$800.00	$795.00	Oct 2	$1.70	$3.30	$1.70	52%	1.94	$798.30

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 246 found (best R:R 0.68, avg 0.32)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$855.00	$860.00	Sep 25	$2.51	$2.51	$2.49	76%	1.01	$857.51
$935.00	$940.00	Sep 11	$1.33	$1.33	$3.67	95%	0.36	$936.33
$940.00	$945.00	Oct 2	$1.29	$1.29	$3.71	92%	0.35	$941.29
$880.00	$885.00	Sep 25	$1.55	$1.55	$3.45	84%	0.45	$881.55
$925.00	$930.00	Oct 2	$1.25	$1.25	$3.75	89%	0.33	$926.25

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$680.00	$675.00	Sep 11	$2.03	$2.03	$2.97	94%	0.68	$677.97
$707.50	$705.00	Sep 11	$1.90	$1.90	$0.60	92%	3.17	$705.60
$745.00	$740.00	Oct 2	$2.90	$2.90	$2.10	74%	1.38	$742.10
$775.00	$770.00	Oct 2	$3.32	$3.32	$1.68	60%	1.98	$771.68
$645.00	$640.00	Sep 4	$1.33	$1.33	$3.67	95%	0.36	$643.67

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 13 found (avg debit $6.83, cheapest $6.30)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$780.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$6.98	37.6%	35.0%
$810.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$6.35	38.2%	35.9%
$785.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$6.40	37.4%	35.1%
$790.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$7.43	37.6%	35.5%
$800.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$7.16	38.1%	36.7%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$780.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$6.30	37.6%	35.0%
$785.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$6.50	37.4%	35.1%
$790.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$6.90	37.6%	35.5%
$800.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$7.05	38.1%	36.7%
$805.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$6.50	38.0%	36.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 96 found (cheapest 3.26% of stock, avg 7.45%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$790.00	Sep 4	$14.15	$11.65	$25.80	$764.20	$815.80	3.26%
$795.00	Sep 4	$11.65	$14.13	$25.78	$769.22	$820.78	3.26%
$800.00	Sep 4	$9.52	$16.93	$26.45	$773.55	$826.45	3.34%
$785.00	Sep 4	$17.13	$9.45	$26.58	$758.42	$811.58	3.36%
$805.00	Sep 4	$7.55	$19.60	$27.15	$777.85	$832.15	3.43%
$780.00	Sep 4	$19.90	$7.45	$27.35	$752.65	$807.35	3.45%
$810.00	Sep 4	$6.05	$23.15	$29.20	$780.80	$839.20	3.69%
$770.00	Sep 4	$26.73	$4.45	$31.18	$738.82	$801.18	3.94%
$815.00	Sep 4	$4.53	$27.60	$32.13	$782.87	$847.13	4.06%
$817.50	Sep 4	$4.25	$29.38	$33.63	$783.87	$851.13	4.25%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 1.24% of stock, avg 4.88%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$812.50	$770.00	Sep 4	$5.38	$4.45	$9.83	$760.17	$822.33
$810.00	$770.00	Sep 4	$6.05	$4.45	$10.50	$759.50	$820.50
$812.50	$775.00	Sep 4	$5.38	$5.82	$11.20	$763.80	$823.70
$810.00	$775.00	Sep 4	$6.05	$5.82	$11.87	$763.13	$821.87
$805.00	$770.00	Sep 4	$7.55	$4.45	$12.00	$758.00	$817.00
$812.50	$780.00	Sep 4	$5.38	$7.45	$12.83	$767.17	$825.33
$810.00	$780.00	Sep 4	$6.05	$7.45	$13.50	$766.50	$823.50
$805.00	$775.00	Sep 4	$7.55	$5.82	$13.37	$761.63	$818.37
$805.00	$780.00	Sep 4	$7.55	$7.45	$15.00	$765.00	$820.00
$800.00	$770.00	Sep 4	$9.52	$4.45	$13.97	$756.03	$813.97

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 322 found (best R:R 4.62, avg credit $2.17)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
675/680	815/820	Sep 11	$4.11	$0.89	59%	4.62	$675.89	$819.11
705/708	815/820	Sep 11	$3.98	$1.02	57%	3.90	$703.52	$818.98
705/708	828/830	Sep 11	$2.40	$0.10	66%	24.00	$705.10	$829.90
675/680	822/825	Sep 11	$3.23	$1.77	65%	1.82	$676.77	$825.73
705/708	825/828	Sep 11	$2.30	$0.20	65%	11.50	$705.20	$827.30
705/708	820/822	Sep 11	$2.32	$0.18	61%	12.89	$705.18	$822.32
675/680	830/832	Sep 11	$2.71	$2.29	70%	1.18	$677.29	$832.71
655/660	885/890	Oct 9	$2.35	$2.65	73%	0.89	$657.65	$887.35
675/680	828/830	Sep 11	$2.53	$2.47	68%	1.02	$677.47	$830.03
645/650	815/820	Sep 11	$2.73	$2.27	63%	1.20	$647.27	$817.73

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 211 found (best R:R 165.67, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$860.00	$870.00	$880.00	Oct 2	$0.06	$9.94	5%	165.67
$795.00	$800.00	$805.00	Sep 4	$0.16	$4.84	12%	30.25
$880.00	$890.00	$900.00	Sep 18	$0.09	$9.91	4%	110.11
$790.00	$795.00	$800.00	Sep 11	$0.10	$4.90	8%	49.00
$760.00	$770.00	$780.00	Sep 18	$0.54	$9.46	12%	17.52

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$780.00	$785.00	$790.00	Sep 4	$0.20	$4.80	12%	24.00
$760.00	$765.00	$770.00	Sep 4	$0.10	$4.90	8%	49.00
$755.00	$760.00	$765.00	Sep 11	$0.10	$4.90	7%	49.00
$740.00	$750.00	$760.00	Sep 18	$0.47	$9.53	10%	20.28
$785.00	$790.00	$795.00	Sep 4	$0.28	$4.72	12%	16.86

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 215 found (best net $-14.65, 198 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$700.00	$760.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$1.18	$58.82
$760.00	$795.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$8.92	$26.08
$730.00	$755.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$15.32	$9.68
$900.00	$945.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.29	$44.71
$805.00	$830.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$9.78	$15.22

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$940.00	$865.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$14.65	$60.35
$945.00	$880.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$30.96	$34.04
$870.00	$825.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$20.37	$24.63
$685.00	$660.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.89	$24.11
$670.00	$660.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.19	$9.81

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 121 found (best yield 4.46%, avg 1.10%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$795.00	Oct 9	$35.35	0.52	0.4%	4.46%	4.86%	4	1
$800.00	Oct 9	$32.50	0.50	1.0%	4.10%	5.13%	5	3
$825.00	Oct 9	$23.25	0.39	4.2%	2.94%	7.12%	1	--
$845.00	Oct 9	$17.35	0.32	6.7%	2.19%	8.90%	4	--
$795.00	Oct 2	$31.85	0.51	0.4%	4.02%	4.42%	2	3
$850.00	Oct 9	$15.95	0.30	7.3%	2.01%	9.36%	33	--
$805.00	Oct 2	$27.20	0.46	1.7%	3.43%	5.09%	8	6
$800.00	Oct 2	$28.70	0.49	1.0%	3.62%	4.65%	8	6
$865.00	Oct 9	$12.55	0.26	9.2%	1.58%	10.82%	1	4
$830.00	Oct 2	$17.80	0.35	4.8%	2.25%	7.06%	--	30

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 6,770

Total Puts 10,627

Put/Call Ratio 1.57

Net Difference -3,857

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 18,757

Total Puts 28,918

Put/Call Ratio 1.54

Net Difference -10,161

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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Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

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Earnings This Week

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Earnings - Day Before / Day After

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Price — Past 7 Days

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