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CAT

CATERPILLAR INC

$795.79 -0.56%

(8/31 14:00) ◀

Monday, August 31, 2026 (3:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/31 3:00pm) 27,115

Calls: 9,981 (37%)

Puts: 17,134 (63%)

Prior (08/04) 72,383

Calls: 31,047 (43%)

Puts: 41,336 (57%)

Current vs Prior -62.54%

Calls: -67.85% (Calls)

Puts: -58.55% (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 +22.39%

Calls: +9.33%

Puts: +31.54%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/31 3:00pm) $57.26M

Calls: $37.40M (65%)

Puts: $19.86M (35%)

Prior (08/04) $111.66M

Calls: $67.43M (60%)

Puts: $44.23M (40%)

Current vs Prior -48.72%

Calls: -44.53%

Puts: -55.10%

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 +44.12%

Calls: +133.34%

Puts: -16.22%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/31 3:00pm) 1.72

Prior (08/04) 1.33

Current vs Prior +28.94%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.48

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +16.22%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/31 3:00pm) 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

ℹ

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

Current 3.40% | 5.08%6.35% | 10.53%

Prior 0.78% | 4.05%7.11% | 11.27%

Current vs Prior +338.69% | +25.22%-10.64% | -6.54%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg +51.64% | +4.87%+7.56% | -3.54%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod +338.69% | +25.22%-9.91% | -7.09%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 9.26% | 13.56%

Calls: 9.74% | 12.37%

Puts: 8.78% | 14.76%

Prior 69.07% | 10.89%

Calls: 56.82% | 9.13%

Puts: 81.32% | 12.65%

Current vs Prior -86.59% | +24.52%

Prior 7-Day Avg 38.48% | 14.03%

Calls: 36.81% | 12.55%

Puts: 40.16% | 15.51%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -75.94% | -3.36%

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Moderately bullish flow with 65% call dollar volume ($37.40M). Below-average activity with volume down 63% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.72 - heavy put buying.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

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Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BEARISH

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

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
15:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
14:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
13:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
12:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 117 of results (avg 7.9%, best 4.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$680.00	Sep 18	115.40	120.70	$118.05	4.5%	--	1.00	189
$700.00	Sep 18	97.15	101.65	$99.40	4.5%	--	0.94	378
$640.00	Sep 18	150.00	159.70	$154.85	6.3%	10	1.00	176
$780.00	Sep 18	32.55	34.70	$33.63	6.4%	--	0.61	695
$700.00	Oct 9	101.00	108.00	$104.50	6.7%	1	0.88	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$800.00	Sep 18	25.30	26.50	$25.90	4.6%	186	0.52	1.2K
$780.00	Sep 25	19.40	20.45	$19.92	5.3%	4	0.40	48
$890.00	Sep 4	93.70	98.95	$96.33	5.5%	2	1.00	4
$900.00	Sep 18	102.85	109.00	$105.93	5.8%	4	0.93	1.8K
$790.00	Oct 9	30.65	32.50	$31.58	5.9%	6	0.45	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.89, cheapest $0.89)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$750.00	Sep 4	0.85	0.92	$0.89	7.9%	1.4K	0.06	1.5K

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
$640.00	Sep 18	150.00	159.70	$154.85	6.3%	10	1.00	176
$650.00	Sep 18	140.60	151.50	$146.05	7.5%	--	1.00	10
$660.00	Sep 18	130.00	139.95	$134.98	7.4%	--	1.00	330
$680.00	Sep 18	115.40	120.70	$118.05	4.5%	--	1.00	189
$685.00	Sep 4	104.00	116.45	$110.23	11.3%	--	1.00	11

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$865.00	Sep 4	66.55	74.00	$70.28	10.6%	--	1.00	27
$870.00	Sep 4	71.90	79.00	$75.45	9.4%	3	1.00	33
$875.00	Sep 4	77.75	83.85	$80.80	7.5%	--	1.00	24
$880.00	Sep 4	83.05	88.80	$85.93	6.7%	--	1.00	26
$885.00	Sep 4	87.70	93.95	$90.83	6.9%	1	1.00	18

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 361 active (total vol 13.4K, top 2.3K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$880.00	Sep 4	0.05	0.38	$0.22	150.0%	413	0.02	311
$900.00	Sep 11	0.28	0.70	$0.49	85.7%	292	0.03	44
$860.00	Sep 4	0.30	0.52	$0.41	53.7%	242	0.03	421
$855.00	Sep 4	0.27	0.84	$0.55	103.6%	225	0.04	149
$870.00	Sep 4	0.14	0.40	$0.27	96.3%	214	0.02	372

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$700.00	Sep 18	1.34	1.60	$1.47	17.7%	2.3K	0.05	1.6K
$750.00	Sep 4	0.85	0.92	$0.89	7.9%	1.4K	0.06	1.5K
$800.00	Sep 4	13.60	14.85	$14.23	8.8%	398	0.55	931
$745.00	Sep 4	0.43	1.00	$0.72	79.2%	265	0.05	68
$737.50	Sep 4	0.31	0.73	$0.52	80.8%	210	0.04	60

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 24 strikes (avg 5.3%, max 11.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$770.00	Sep 4	Sep 25	36.0%	32.4%	11.1%	1	36
$785.00	Sep 4	Oct 2	36.4%	33.3%	9.4%	4	13
$790.00	Sep 4	Oct 2	36.2%	33.1%	9.3%	16	556
$780.00	Sep 4	Sep 18	36.0%	33.3%	8.0%	11	701
$827.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	36.4%	33.9%	7.2%	10	47

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$770.00	Sep 4	Oct 9	36.0%	32.5%	10.9%	70	159
$775.00	Sep 4	Oct 2	36.7%	33.4%	10.0%	73	190
$785.00	Sep 4	Oct 2	36.4%	33.3%	9.4%	107	120
$790.00	Sep 4	Oct 9	36.2%	33.7%	7.4%	53	785
$780.00	Sep 4	Oct 2	36.0%	33.9%	6.1%	76	1.1K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 290 found (best R:R 1.96, avg 8.99)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$800.00	$825.00	Oct 9	$8.45	$16.55	$8.45	51%	1.96	$808.45
$765.00	$785.00	Oct 2	$10.80	$9.20	$10.80	67%	0.85	$775.80
$850.00	$865.00	Oct 9	$2.72	$12.28	$2.72	31%	4.51	$852.72
$890.00	$900.00	Oct 9	$0.37	$9.63	$0.37	19%	26.03	$890.37
$825.00	$830.00	Oct 2	$0.68	$4.32	$0.68	38%	6.35	$825.68

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$800.00	$795.00	Oct 2	$0.75	$4.25	$0.75	50%	5.67	$799.25
$810.00	$805.00	Oct 2	$1.55	$3.45	$1.55	54%	2.23	$808.45
$770.00	$760.00	Oct 9	$2.27	$7.73	$2.27	36%	3.41	$767.73
$820.00	$815.00	Oct 2	$2.30	$2.70	$2.30	59%	1.17	$817.70
$850.00	$845.00	Sep 25	$3.15	$1.85	$3.15	75%	0.59	$846.85

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 247 found (best R:R 1.02, avg 0.31)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$850.00	$860.00	Oct 2	$4.18	$4.18	$5.82	71%	0.72	$854.18
$885.00	$890.00	Oct 2	$2.15	$2.15	$2.85	82%	0.75	$887.15
$925.00	$930.00	Oct 2	$1.80	$1.80	$3.20	89%	0.56	$926.80
$935.00	$940.00	Sep 11	$1.33	$1.33	$3.67	95%	0.36	$936.33
$830.00	$835.00	Oct 2	$2.65	$2.65	$2.35	63%	1.13	$832.65

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$790.00	$770.00	Oct 9	$10.08	$10.08	$9.92	55%	1.02	$779.92
$795.00	$790.00	Oct 2	$3.80	$3.80	$1.20	52%	3.17	$791.20
$645.00	$640.00	Sep 4	$1.31	$1.31	$3.69	95%	0.36	$643.69
$725.00	$720.00	Oct 2	$1.94	$1.94	$3.06	82%	0.63	$723.06
$770.00	$765.00	Oct 2	$2.70	$2.70	$2.30	65%	1.17	$767.30

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 12 found (avg debit $6.56, cheapest $6.12)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$785.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$7.28	36.4%	33.3%
$795.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$6.57	36.0%	33.1%
$790.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$6.57	36.2%	33.8%
$810.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$6.55	36.8%	35.0%
$800.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$6.77	36.7%	34.9%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$785.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$6.12	36.4%	33.3%
$795.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$6.22	36.0%	33.1%
$790.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$6.66	36.2%	33.8%
$810.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$5.95	36.8%	35.0%
$800.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$6.77	36.7%	34.9%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 103 found (cheapest 3.07% of stock, avg 7.25%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$795.00	Sep 4	$12.83	$11.58	$24.41	$770.59	$819.41	3.07%
$800.00	Sep 4	$10.38	$14.23	$24.61	$775.39	$824.61	3.09%
$790.00	Sep 4	$15.58	$9.32	$24.90	$765.10	$814.90	3.13%
$785.00	Sep 4	$17.80	$7.40	$25.20	$759.80	$810.20	3.17%
$805.00	Sep 4	$8.38	$17.05	$25.43	$779.57	$830.43	3.20%
$780.00	Sep 4	$21.65	$5.60	$27.25	$752.75	$807.25	3.42%
$810.00	Sep 4	$6.63	$20.85	$27.48	$782.52	$837.48	3.45%
$815.00	Sep 4	$4.88	$24.60	$29.48	$785.52	$844.48	3.70%
$817.50	Sep 4	$4.35	$27.00	$31.35	$786.15	$848.85	3.94%
$770.00	Sep 4	$28.75	$3.14	$31.89	$738.11	$801.89	4.01%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 1.17% of stock, avg 4.56%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$815.00	$775.00	Sep 4	$4.88	$4.43	$9.31	$765.69	$824.31
$815.00	$780.00	Sep 4	$4.88	$5.60	$10.48	$769.52	$825.48
$812.50	$775.00	Sep 4	$5.73	$4.43	$10.16	$764.84	$822.66
$812.50	$780.00	Sep 4	$5.73	$5.60	$11.33	$768.67	$823.83
$810.00	$775.00	Sep 4	$6.63	$4.43	$11.06	$763.94	$821.06
$810.00	$780.00	Sep 4	$6.63	$5.60	$12.23	$767.77	$822.23
$815.00	$785.00	Sep 4	$4.88	$7.40	$12.28	$772.72	$827.28
$812.50	$785.00	Sep 4	$5.73	$7.40	$13.13	$771.87	$825.63
$810.00	$785.00	Sep 4	$6.63	$7.40	$14.03	$770.97	$824.03
$805.00	$775.00	Sep 4	$8.38	$4.43	$12.81	$762.19	$817.81

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 340 found (best R:R 0.86, avg credit $1.95)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
660/665	850/860	Oct 2	$4.63	$5.37	66%	0.86	$660.37	$854.63
640/645	850/860	Oct 2	$4.35	$5.65	68%	0.77	$640.65	$854.35
645/650	850/860	Oct 2	$4.41	$5.59	67%	0.79	$645.59	$854.41
650/655	850/860	Oct 2	$4.37	$5.63	67%	0.78	$650.63	$854.37
690/695	850/860	Oct 2	$4.82	$5.18	61%	0.93	$690.18	$854.82
665/670	850/860	Oct 2	$4.32	$5.68	65%	0.76	$665.68	$854.32
700/705	850/860	Oct 2	$4.85	$5.15	59%	0.94	$700.15	$854.85
640/645	820/822	Sep 4	$2.08	$2.92	73%	0.71	$642.92	$822.08
640/645	825/828	Sep 4	$1.77	$3.23	77%	0.55	$643.23	$826.77
685/690	850/860	Oct 2	$4.29	$5.71	63%	0.75	$685.71	$854.29

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 205 found (best R:R 36.04, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$770.00	$780.00	$790.00	Sep 18	$0.27	$9.73	13%	36.04
$805.00	$815.00	$825.00	Oct 2	$0.23	$9.77	9%	42.48
$810.00	$815.00	$820.00	Sep 11	$0.07	$4.93	8%	70.43
$780.00	$785.00	$790.00	Sep 11	$0.09	$4.91	8%	54.56
$870.00	$880.00	$890.00	Sep 18	$0.14	$9.86	5%	70.43

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$780.00	$785.00	$790.00	Sep 4	$0.12	$4.88	12%	40.67
$740.00	$750.00	$760.00	Sep 18	$0.31	$9.69	10%	31.26
$795.00	$800.00	$805.00	Sep 4	$0.17	$4.83	13%	28.41
$710.00	$720.00	$730.00	Sep 18	$0.16	$9.84	6%	61.50
$810.00	$815.00	$820.00	Sep 18	$0.06	$4.94	6%	82.33

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 230 found (best net $-10.20, 220 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$700.00	$760.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.51	$59.49
$730.00	$755.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$17.03	$7.97
$940.00	$945.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.04	$4.96
$875.00	$877.50	1:2	Sep 4	$0.00	$2.50
$895.00	$900.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.02	$4.98

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$940.00	$865.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$10.20	$64.80
$870.00	$825.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$18.57	$26.43
$705.00	$700.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.04	$4.96
$690.00	$685.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.03	$4.97
$660.00	$650.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.14	$9.86

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 116 found (best yield 3.10%, avg 1.05%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$825.00	Oct 9	$24.65	0.41	3.7%	3.10%	6.77%	1	--
$800.00	Oct 9	$33.45	0.51	0.5%	4.20%	4.73%	5	3
$845.00	Oct 9	$17.90	0.33	6.2%	2.25%	8.43%	4	--
$850.00	Oct 9	$16.70	0.31	6.8%	2.10%	8.91%	33	--
$815.00	Oct 2	$23.95	0.43	2.4%	3.01%	5.42%	1	7
$805.00	Oct 2	$27.30	0.48	1.2%	3.43%	4.59%	8	6
$800.00	Oct 2	$29.40	0.50	0.5%	3.69%	4.22%	8	6
$825.00	Oct 2	$20.00	0.39	3.7%	2.51%	6.18%	5	9
$865.00	Oct 9	$12.55	0.27	8.7%	1.58%	10.27%	5	4
$830.00	Oct 2	$18.50	0.37	4.3%	2.32%	6.62%	5	30

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 9,981

Total Puts 17,134

Put/Call Ratio 1.72

Net Difference -7,153

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 31,047

Total Puts 41,336

Put/Call Ratio 1.33

Net Difference -10,289

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 - 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

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
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Open Interest

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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)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

Earnings This Week

Earnings - Day Before / Day After

Options Activity Around Earnings

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Price — Past 7 Days

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