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CATERPILLAR INC

$792.33 -0.99%

(8/31 12:00) ◀

Monday, August 31, 2026 (1:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/31 1:00pm) 20,447

Calls: 7,575 (37%)

Puts: 12,872 (63%)

Prior (08/04) 57,584

Calls: 23,828 (41%)

Puts: 33,756 (59%)

Current vs Prior -64.49%

Calls: -68.21% (Calls)

Puts: -61.87% (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 -7.71%

Calls: -17.03%

Puts: -1.18%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/31 1:00pm) $48.19M

Calls: $31.45M (65%)

Puts: $16.74M (35%)

Prior (08/04) $88.97M

Calls: $49.18M (55%)

Puts: $39.78M (45%)

Current vs Prior -45.83%

Calls: -36.05%

Puts: -57.93%

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 +21.29%

Calls: +96.23%

Puts: -29.38%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (08/31 1:00pm) 1.70

Prior (08/04) 1.42

Current vs Prior +19.95%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.48

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +15.04%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/31 1:00pm) 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 3.50% | 5.16%6.64% | 10.85%

Prior 0.78% | 4.05%7.11% | 11.27%

Current vs Prior +351.35% | +27.33%-6.61% | -3.70%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg +56.02% | +6.63%+12.41% | -0.61%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod +351.35% | +27.33%-5.84% | -4.27%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 9.93% | 6.38%

Calls: 9.86% | 5.25%

Puts: 9.99% | 7.52%

Prior 69.07% | 10.89%

Calls: 56.82% | 9.13%

Puts: 81.32% | 12.65%

Current vs Prior -85.62% | -41.41%

Prior 7-Day Avg 38.48% | 14.03%

Calls: 36.81% | 12.55%

Puts: 40.16% | 15.51%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -74.20% | -54.53%

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Moderately bullish flow with 65% call dollar volume ($31.45M). Below-average activity with volume down 64% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.70 - heavy put buying.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BEARISH

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Prior BEARISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
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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 123 of results (avg 7.4%, best 4.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$680.00	Sep 18	112.70	117.45	$115.08	4.1%	--	0.96	189
$650.00	Sep 18	140.60	146.75	$143.68	4.3%	--	0.99	10
$640.00	Sep 18	149.95	156.65	$153.30	4.4%	10	0.99	176
$700.00	Sep 18	94.25	98.55	$96.40	4.5%	--	0.94	378
$700.00	Oct 9	100.05	104.90	$102.48	4.7%	1	0.86	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$875.00	Sep 11	80.60	84.15	$82.38	4.3%	--	0.94	12
$900.00	Sep 18	105.60	110.40	$108.00	4.4%	3	0.92	1.8K
$950.00	Sep 18	155.05	162.25	$158.65	4.5%	1	1.00	26
$940.00	Sep 18	144.80	151.80	$148.30	4.7%	--	1.00	183
$820.00	Sep 25	42.80	44.90	$43.85	4.8%	--	0.62	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. 142 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
$665.00	Sep 4	121.80	133.00	$127.40	8.8%	--	0.99	18
$640.00	Sep 18	149.95	156.65	$153.30	4.4%	10	0.99	176
$690.00	Sep 4	99.00	106.60	$102.80	7.4%	--	0.99	16
$650.00	Sep 18	140.60	146.75	$143.68	4.3%	--	0.99	10

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$860.00	Sep 4	64.85	72.00	$68.43	10.4%	3	1.00	36
$865.00	Sep 4	69.55	77.00	$73.28	10.2%	--	1.00	27
$870.00	Sep 4	75.05	80.95	$78.00	7.6%	3	1.00	33
$875.00	Sep 4	80.60	86.95	$83.78	7.6%	--	1.00	24
$880.00	Sep 4	86.20	90.70	$88.45	5.1%	--	1.00	26

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 341 active (total vol 10.4K, top 2.1K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$880.00	Sep 4	0.05	0.37	$0.21	152.4%	306	0.02	311
$900.00	Sep 11	0.28	0.95	$0.62	108.1%	289	0.03	44
$870.00	Sep 4	0.14	0.27	$0.21	61.9%	202	0.02	372
$820.00	Sep 4	3.05	4.00	$3.53	26.9%	189	0.20	358
$850.00	Sep 4	0.55	0.69	$0.62	22.6%	138	0.05	201

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$700.00	Sep 18	1.75	1.85	$1.80	5.6%	2.1K	0.06	1.6K
$750.00	Sep 4	1.10	1.34	$1.22	19.7%	1.0K	0.08	1.5K
$800.00	Sep 4	15.20	17.80	$16.50	15.8%	392	0.58	931
$745.00	Sep 4	0.68	1.16	$0.92	52.2%	237	0.06	68
$800.00	Sep 18	26.95	29.60	$28.28	9.4%	169	0.53	1.2K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 23 strikes (avg 6.2%, max 13.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$795.00	Sep 4	Oct 9	37.6%	33.2%	13.3%	57	27
$790.00	Sep 4	Oct 2	36.9%	33.6%	9.7%	15	556
$785.00	Sep 4	Oct 2	36.9%	34.2%	8.0%	3	13
$770.00	Sep 4	Sep 25	37.3%	34.7%	7.4%	1	36
$780.00	Sep 4	Sep 18	36.5%	34.6%	5.4%	11	701

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$795.00	Sep 4	Oct 9	37.6%	33.2%	13.3%	68	153
$775.00	Sep 4	Oct 2	37.4%	33.7%	10.8%	39	190
$770.00	Sep 4	Oct 9	37.3%	33.7%	10.4%	53	159
$790.00	Sep 4	Oct 9	36.9%	33.5%	9.9%	39	785
$765.00	Sep 4	Oct 2	37.8%	34.4%	9.6%	104	190

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 284 found (best R:R 4.88, avg 7.57)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$795.00	$800.00	Oct 2	$0.85	$4.15	$0.85	51%	4.88	$795.85
$795.00	$800.00	Sep 18	$1.08	$3.92	$1.08	50%	3.63	$796.08
$870.00	$880.00	Oct 2	$0.70	$9.30	$0.70	21%	13.29	$870.70
$840.00	$845.00	Oct 2	$0.52	$4.48	$0.52	32%	8.62	$840.52
$765.00	$785.00	Oct 2	$11.37	$8.63	$11.37	66%	0.76	$776.37

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$840.00	$835.00	Oct 2	$2.25	$2.75	$2.25	69%	1.22	$837.75
$685.00	$660.00	Oct 9	$1.09	$23.91	$1.09	10%	21.94	$683.91
$785.00	$780.00	Sep 25	$1.42	$3.58	$1.42	44%	2.52	$783.58
$820.00	$815.00	Sep 25	$2.37	$2.63	$2.37	62%	1.11	$817.63
$820.00	$817.50	Sep 4	$1.52	$0.98	$1.52	80%	0.64	$818.48

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 240 found (best R:R 0.98, avg 0.31)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$885.00	$890.00	Oct 2	$2.20	$2.20	$2.80	82%	0.79	$887.20
$855.00	$860.00	Sep 25	$2.40	$2.40	$2.60	76%	0.92	$857.40
$935.00	$940.00	Sep 11	$1.33	$1.33	$3.67	95%	0.36	$936.33
$805.00	$815.00	Oct 2	$5.52	$5.52	$4.48	53%	1.23	$810.52
$925.00	$930.00	Oct 2	$1.40	$1.40	$3.60	89%	0.39	$926.40

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$725.00	$720.00	Sep 25	$2.48	$2.48	$2.52	84%	0.98	$722.52
$750.00	$745.00	Sep 25	$2.80	$2.80	$2.20	74%	1.27	$747.20
$645.00	$640.00	Sep 4	$1.31	$1.31	$3.69	95%	0.36	$643.69
$660.00	$655.00	Oct 9	$1.41	$1.41	$3.59	93%	0.39	$658.59
$785.00	$780.00	Sep 11	$3.05	$3.05	$1.95	57%	1.56	$781.95

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 14 found (avg debit $6.62, cheapest $5.97)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$780.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$6.53	36.5%	33.3%
$790.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$6.75	36.9%	34.5%
$810.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$6.10	37.8%	35.5%
$785.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$6.87	36.9%	35.0%
$800.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$7.03	37.6%	36.4%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$780.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$5.97	36.5%	33.3%
$790.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$6.93	36.9%	34.5%
$810.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$5.85	37.8%	35.5%
$785.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$7.03	36.9%	35.0%
$800.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$6.85	37.6%	36.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 100 found (cheapest 3.17% of stock, avg 7.38%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$795.00	Sep 4	$11.63	$13.52	$25.15	$769.85	$820.15	3.17%
$790.00	Sep 4	$14.20	$11.02	$25.22	$764.78	$815.22	3.18%
$785.00	Sep 4	$16.73	$8.82	$25.55	$759.45	$810.55	3.22%
$800.00	Sep 4	$9.45	$16.50	$25.95	$774.05	$825.95	3.28%
$780.00	Sep 4	$20.25	$6.83	$27.08	$752.92	$807.08	3.42%
$805.00	Sep 4	$7.53	$19.83	$27.36	$777.64	$832.36	3.45%
$810.00	Sep 4	$6.05	$23.58	$29.63	$780.37	$839.63	3.74%
$770.00	Sep 4	$26.85	$4.15	$31.00	$739.00	$801.00	3.91%
$815.00	Sep 4	$4.58	$27.65	$32.23	$782.77	$847.23	4.07%
$817.50	Sep 4	$3.80	$29.53	$33.33	$784.17	$850.83	4.21%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 1.17% of stock, avg 4.83%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$812.50	$770.00	Sep 4	$5.15	$4.15	$9.30	$760.70	$821.80
$812.50	$775.00	Sep 4	$5.15	$5.23	$10.38	$764.62	$822.88
$810.00	$770.00	Sep 4	$6.05	$4.15	$10.20	$759.80	$820.20
$810.00	$775.00	Sep 4	$6.05	$5.23	$11.28	$763.72	$821.28
$812.50	$780.00	Sep 4	$5.15	$6.83	$11.98	$768.02	$824.48
$810.00	$780.00	Sep 4	$6.05	$6.83	$12.88	$767.12	$822.88
$805.00	$770.00	Sep 4	$7.53	$4.15	$11.68	$758.32	$816.68
$805.00	$775.00	Sep 4	$7.53	$5.23	$12.76	$762.24	$817.76
$805.00	$780.00	Sep 4	$7.53	$6.83	$14.36	$765.64	$819.36
$812.50	$785.00	Sep 4	$5.15	$8.82	$13.97	$771.03	$826.47

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 310 found (best R:R 1.56, avg credit $1.98)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
695/700	845/850	Oct 2	$3.05	$1.95	59%	1.56	$696.95	$848.05
640/645	845/850	Oct 2	$2.67	$2.33	66%	1.15	$642.33	$847.67
655/660	885/890	Oct 9	$2.26	$2.74	73%	0.82	$657.74	$887.26
685/690	845/850	Oct 2	$2.84	$2.16	61%	1.31	$687.16	$847.84
705/710	845/850	Oct 2	$2.96	$2.04	56%	1.45	$707.04	$847.96
655/660	845/850	Oct 9	$2.73	$2.27	61%	1.20	$657.27	$847.73
660/665	845/850	Oct 2	$2.51	$2.49	65%	1.01	$662.49	$847.51
700/705	845/850	Oct 2	$2.85	$2.15	58%	1.33	$702.15	$847.85
665/670	845/850	Oct 2	$2.51	$2.49	64%	1.01	$667.49	$847.51
655/660	845/850	Oct 2	$2.39	$2.61	66%	0.92	$657.61	$847.39

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 218 found (best R:R 75.92, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$770.00	$780.00	$790.00	Sep 18	$0.13	$9.87	13%	75.92
$880.00	$890.00	$900.00	Sep 18	$0.08	$9.92	4%	124.00
$870.00	$880.00	$890.00	Sep 18	$0.11	$9.89	5%	89.91
$900.00	$910.00	$920.00	Sep 18	$0.05	$9.95	2%	199.00
$795.00	$800.00	$805.00	Sep 4	$0.26	$4.74	12%	18.23

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$760.00	$765.00	$770.00	Sep 11	$0.05	$4.95	7%	99.00
$740.00	$750.00	$760.00	Sep 18	$0.39	$9.61	10%	24.64
$780.00	$785.00	$790.00	Sep 4	$0.21	$4.79	13%	22.81
$765.00	$770.00	$775.00	Sep 4	$0.13	$4.87	10%	37.46
$710.00	$720.00	$730.00	Sep 18	$0.21	$9.79	6%	46.62

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 226 found (best net $-14.21, 213 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$700.00	$760.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.76	$59.24
$730.00	$755.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$16.67	$8.33
$900.00	$945.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.03	$44.97
$895.00	$900.00	1:2	Sep 4	$0.00	$5.00
$885.00	$890.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.04	$4.96

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$940.00	$865.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$14.21	$60.79
$870.00	$825.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$18.93	$26.07
$712.50	$710.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.02	$2.48
$660.00	$650.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.14	$9.86
$732.50	$730.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.10	$2.40

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 122 found (best yield 4.54%, avg 1.11%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$795.00	Oct 9	$36.00	0.51	0.3%	4.54%	4.88%	4	1
$800.00	Oct 9	$33.40	0.49	1.0%	4.22%	5.18%	5	3
$825.00	Oct 9	$23.40	0.39	4.1%	2.95%	7.08%	1	--
$845.00	Oct 9	$17.15	0.32	6.7%	2.16%	8.81%	4	--
$800.00	Oct 2	$29.90	0.49	1.0%	3.77%	4.74%	8	6
$805.00	Oct 2	$27.70	0.47	1.6%	3.50%	5.10%	8	6
$850.00	Oct 9	$15.75	0.30	7.3%	1.99%	9.27%	33	--
$795.00	Oct 2	$31.35	0.51	0.3%	3.96%	4.29%	2	3
$815.00	Oct 2	$23.20	0.42	2.9%	2.93%	5.79%	1	7
$830.00	Oct 2	$18.15	0.36	4.8%	2.29%	7.05%	--	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 7,575

Total Puts 12,872

Put/Call Ratio 1.70

Net Difference -5,297

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 23,828

Total Puts 33,756

Put/Call Ratio 1.42

Net Difference -9,928

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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Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings - Day Before / Day After

Options Activity Around Earnings

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Price — Past 7 Days

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