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CAT

CATERPILLAR INC

$797.47 -0.35%

(8/31 15:00) ◀

Monday, August 31, 2026 (4:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (08/31 4:00pm) 32,811

Calls: 12,263 (37%)

Puts: 20,548 (63%)

Prior (08/04) 77,970

Calls: 33,572 (43%)

Puts: 44,398 (57%)

Current vs Prior -57.92%

Calls: -63.47% (Calls)

Puts: -53.72% (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 +48.10%

Calls: +34.33%

Puts: +57.75%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/31 4:00pm) $62.28M

Calls: $40.87M (66%)

Puts: $21.40M (34%)

Prior (08/04) $122.64M

Calls: $66.74M (54%)

Puts: $55.90M (46%)

Current vs Prior -49.22%

Calls: -38.76%

Puts: -61.71%

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 +56.74%

Calls: +154.99%

Puts: -9.70%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (08/31 4:00pm) 1.68

Prior (08/04) 1.32

Current vs Prior +26.70%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.48

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +13.44%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/31 4:00pm) 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 3.28% | 4.98%6.47% | 10.80%

Prior 0.78% | 4.05%7.11% | 11.27%

Current vs Prior +323.04% | +22.95%-8.94% | -4.18%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg +46.24% | +2.97%+9.61% | -1.10%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod +323.04% | +22.95%-8.19% | -4.74%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 17.19% | 20.17%

Calls: 17.84% | 13.27%

Puts: 16.54% | 27.08%

Prior 69.07% | 10.89%

Calls: 56.82% | 9.13%

Puts: 81.32% | 12.65%

Current vs Prior -75.11% | +85.22%

Prior 7-Day Avg 38.48% | 14.03%

Calls: 36.81% | 12.55%

Puts: 40.16% | 15.51%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -55.33% | +43.75%

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Moderately bullish flow with 66% call dollar volume ($40.87M). Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (57% higher). Below-average activity with volume down 58% vs prior. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.68 - heavy put buying.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BEARISH

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7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

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Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

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Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
16:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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 59 of results (avg 7.9%, best 3.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$640.00	Sep 18	155.25	161.20	$158.23	3.8%	10	0.99	176
$700.00	Sep 18	98.60	103.85	$101.23	5.2%	--	0.95	378
$680.00	Sep 18	115.90	122.10	$119.00	5.2%	--	0.97	189
$660.00	Sep 18	134.25	141.90	$138.07	5.5%	1	0.99	330
$650.00	Sep 18	144.10	152.65	$148.38	5.8%	--	0.99	10

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$900.00	Sep 18	100.90	107.00	$103.95	5.9%	6	0.92	1.8K
$885.00	Sep 11	84.85	90.15	$87.50	6.1%	--	0.96	40
$900.00	Sep 11	99.65	106.05	$102.85	6.2%	--	1.00	17
$940.00	Sep 11	139.75	149.00	$144.38	6.4%	--	1.00	12
$880.00	Sep 18	82.45	88.00	$85.23	6.5%	1	0.88	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. 151 found (avg delta 0.78, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$685.00	Sep 4	106.00	116.20	$111.10	9.2%	--	1.00	11
$665.00	Sep 4	126.00	136.10	$131.05	7.7%	--	0.99	18
$640.00	Sep 18	155.25	161.20	$158.23	3.8%	10	0.99	176
$650.00	Sep 18	144.10	152.65	$148.38	5.8%	--	0.99	10
$720.00	Sep 4	74.00	81.00	$77.50	9.0%	--	0.99	12

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$870.00	Sep 4	69.20	76.00	$72.60	9.4%	3	1.00	33
$875.00	Sep 4	74.80	80.95	$77.88	7.9%	--	1.00	24
$880.00	Sep 4	79.75	85.90	$82.83	7.4%	--	1.00	26
$885.00	Sep 4	83.70	90.95	$87.33	8.3%	1	1.00	18
$890.00	Sep 4	89.25	96.00	$92.63	7.3%	2	1.00	4

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 387 active (total vol 15.8K, top 2.4K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$800.00	Sep 4	10.00	11.95	$10.98	17.8%	771	0.48	98
$880.00	Sep 4	0.05	0.38	$0.22	150.0%	417	0.02	311
$900.00	Sep 11	0.00	0.95	$0.48	197.9%	292	0.03	44
$850.00	Sep 4	0.55	0.75	$0.65	30.8%	263	0.05	201
$860.00	Sep 4	0.30	0.52	$0.41	53.7%	253	0.03	421

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$700.00	Sep 18	1.13	1.46	$1.30	25.4%	2.4K	0.05	1.6K
$750.00	Sep 4	0.23	0.90	$0.57	117.5%	1.5K	0.05	1.5K
$800.00	Sep 4	11.65	13.75	$12.70	16.5%	416	0.52	931
$745.00	Sep 4	0.09	1.08	$0.59	167.8%	323	0.04	68
$742.50	Sep 4	0.03	1.32	$0.68	189.7%	263	0.05	9

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 17 strikes (avg 4.7%, max 10.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$770.00	Sep 4	Sep 25	35.8%	32.5%	10.2%	1	36
$815.00	Sep 4	Oct 2	38.2%	36.0%	6.1%	50	87
$785.00	Sep 4	Oct 2	35.1%	33.4%	5.0%	26	13
$822.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	34.6%	33.1%	4.4%	20	26
$780.00	Sep 4	Oct 2	35.3%	34.0%	3.8%	16	11

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$770.00	Sep 4	Oct 9	35.8%	32.3%	10.7%	72	159
$775.00	Sep 4	Oct 2	35.7%	33.4%	6.7%	95	190
$815.00	Sep 4	Oct 2	38.2%	36.0%	6.1%	11	82
$790.00	Sep 4	Oct 9	34.7%	32.9%	5.3%	71	785
$785.00	Sep 4	Oct 2	35.1%	33.4%	5.0%	113	120

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 269 found (best R:R 8.09, avg 8.09)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$790.00	$795.00	Sep 25	$0.55	$4.45	$0.55	56%	8.09	$790.55
$760.00	$770.00	Sep 18	$5.40	$4.60	$5.40	77%	0.85	$765.40
$780.00	$785.00	Oct 2	$1.60	$3.40	$1.60	61%	2.12	$781.60
$820.00	$825.00	Sep 25	$0.65	$4.35	$0.65	40%	6.69	$820.65
$790.00	$795.00	Oct 2	$1.48	$3.52	$1.48	56%	2.38	$791.48

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$820.00	$815.00	Sep 18	$1.30	$3.70	$1.30	63%	2.85	$818.70
$770.00	$760.00	Oct 9	$1.80	$8.20	$1.80	35%	4.56	$768.20
$775.00	$770.00	Sep 18	$0.27	$4.73	$0.27	33%	17.52	$774.73
$785.00	$780.00	Sep 11	$0.50	$4.50	$0.50	37%	9.00	$784.50
$800.00	$795.00	Oct 2	$1.20	$3.80	$1.20	49%	3.17	$798.80

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 230 found (best R:R 4.00, avg 0.36)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$810.00	$815.00	Sep 18	$4.00	$4.00	$1.00	56%	4.00	$814.00
$840.00	$845.00	Sep 25	$3.07	$3.07	$1.93	69%	1.59	$843.07
$925.00	$930.00	Oct 2	$1.66	$1.66	$3.34	89%	0.50	$926.66
$935.00	$940.00	Sep 11	$1.31	$1.31	$3.69	95%	0.36	$936.31
$825.00	$830.00	Sep 25	$3.05	$3.05	$1.95	62%	1.56	$828.05

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$770.00	$760.00	Sep 18	$4.38	$4.38	$5.62	69%	0.78	$765.62
$780.00	$775.00	Sep 18	$3.45	$3.45	$1.55	63%	2.23	$776.55
$790.00	$770.00	Oct 9	$9.45	$9.45	$10.55	55%	0.90	$780.55
$745.00	$740.00	Sep 25	$2.10	$2.10	$2.90	79%	0.72	$742.90
$720.00	$715.00	Oct 2	$1.73	$1.73	$3.27	85%	0.53	$718.27

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 14 found (avg debit $6.10, cheapest $4.87)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$815.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$5.17	38.2%	32.9%
$805.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$6.18	36.0%	32.6%
$785.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$5.72	35.1%	32.1%
$795.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$7.28	34.4%	32.5%
$800.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$7.04	35.5%	33.8%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$815.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$4.87	38.2%	32.9%
$805.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$5.21	36.0%	32.6%
$785.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$5.42	35.1%	32.1%
$795.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$6.27	34.4%	32.5%
$800.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$6.32	35.5%	33.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 108 found (cheapest 2.93% of stock, avg 7.15%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$795.00	Sep 4	$13.45	$9.93	$23.38	$771.62	$818.38	2.93%
$800.00	Sep 4	$10.98	$12.70	$23.68	$776.32	$823.68	2.97%
$805.00	Sep 4	$8.95	$15.27	$24.22	$780.78	$829.22	3.04%
$790.00	Sep 4	$16.68	$7.88	$24.56	$765.44	$814.56	3.08%
$810.00	Sep 4	$6.70	$18.75	$25.45	$784.55	$835.45	3.19%
$785.00	Sep 4	$20.13	$6.18	$26.31	$758.69	$811.31	3.30%
$780.00	Sep 4	$23.28	$4.72	$28.00	$752.00	$808.00	3.51%
$815.00	Sep 4	$6.18	$22.53	$28.71	$786.29	$843.71	3.60%
$817.50	Sep 4	$4.83	$24.20	$29.03	$788.47	$846.53	3.64%
$820.00	Sep 4	$3.75	$26.23	$29.98	$790.02	$849.98	3.76%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 1.23% of stock, avg 4.49%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$815.00	$775.00	Sep 4	$6.18	$3.60	$9.78	$765.22	$824.78
$812.50	$775.00	Sep 4	$6.18	$3.60	$9.78	$765.22	$822.28
$815.00	$780.00	Sep 4	$6.18	$4.72	$10.90	$769.10	$825.90
$812.50	$780.00	Sep 4	$6.18	$4.72	$10.90	$769.10	$823.40
$810.00	$775.00	Sep 4	$6.70	$3.60	$10.30	$764.70	$820.30
$812.50	$785.00	Sep 4	$6.18	$6.18	$12.36	$772.64	$824.86
$815.00	$785.00	Sep 4	$6.18	$6.18	$12.36	$772.64	$827.36
$810.00	$780.00	Sep 4	$6.70	$4.72	$11.42	$768.58	$821.42
$810.00	$785.00	Sep 4	$6.70	$6.18	$12.88	$772.12	$822.88
$812.50	$790.00	Sep 4	$6.18	$7.88	$14.06	$775.94	$826.56

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 340 found (best R:R 2.33, avg credit $2.08)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
665/670	840/845	Sep 25	$3.50	$1.50	65%	2.33	$666.50	$843.50
700/705	840/845	Sep 25	$3.68	$1.32	60%	2.79	$701.32	$843.68
660/665	840/845	Sep 25	$3.34	$1.66	66%	2.01	$661.66	$843.34
640/645	840/845	Sep 25	$3.28	$1.72	67%	1.91	$641.72	$843.28
715/720	840/845	Sep 25	$3.70	$1.30	57%	2.85	$716.30	$843.70
680/685	840/845	Sep 25	$3.34	$1.66	64%	2.01	$681.66	$843.34
675/680	840/845	Sep 25	$3.28	$1.72	64%	1.91	$676.72	$843.28
710/715	840/845	Sep 25	$3.37	$1.63	59%	2.07	$711.63	$843.37
705/710	840/845	Sep 25	$3.23	$1.77	60%	1.82	$706.77	$843.23
745/750	900/905	Oct 9	$3.30	$1.70	55%	1.94	$746.70	$903.30

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 204 found (best R:R 141.86, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$785.00	$790.00	$795.00	Sep 4	$0.22	$4.78	13%	21.73
$870.00	$880.00	$890.00	Sep 18	$0.18	$9.82	5%	54.56
$795.00	$800.00	$805.00	Sep 18	$0.12	$4.88	6%	40.67
$822.50	$825.00	$827.50	Sep 4	$0.09	$2.41	5%	26.78
$840.00	$845.00	$850.00	Sep 18	$0.17	$4.83	5%	28.41

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$730.00	$740.00	$750.00	Sep 18	$0.07	$9.93	8%	141.86
$690.00	$700.00	$710.00	Sep 18	$0.07	$9.93	3%	141.86
$770.00	$775.00	$780.00	Sep 4	$0.17	$4.83	10%	28.41
$780.00	$785.00	$790.00	Sep 4	$0.24	$4.76	12%	19.83
$780.00	$785.00	$790.00	Sep 25	$0.10	$4.90	6%	49.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 234 found (best net $-8.12, 221 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$835.00	$840.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.21	$4.79
$910.00	$920.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.25	$9.75
$845.00	$850.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.19	$4.81
$940.00	$950.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.10	$9.90
$890.00	$895.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.01	$4.99

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$940.00	$865.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$8.12	$66.88
$870.00	$825.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$19.16	$25.84
$755.00	$750.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.07	$4.93
$680.00	$670.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.23	$9.77
$712.50	$710.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.07	$2.43

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 118 found (best yield 3.02%, avg 0.95%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$825.00	Oct 9	$24.05	0.41	3.5%	3.02%	6.47%	1	--
$800.00	Oct 9	$32.00	0.51	0.3%	4.01%	4.33%	5	3
$845.00	Oct 9	$15.10	0.33	6.0%	1.89%	7.85%	4	--
$830.00	Oct 2	$18.50	0.37	4.1%	2.32%	6.40%	5	30
$815.00	Oct 2	$22.30	0.44	2.2%	2.80%	4.99%	1	7
$850.00	Oct 9	$13.70	0.31	6.6%	1.72%	8.31%	33	--
$805.00	Oct 2	$26.00	0.48	0.9%	3.26%	4.20%	8	6
$800.00	Oct 2	$27.95	0.51	0.3%	3.50%	3.82%	8	6
$825.00	Oct 2	$18.35	0.39	3.5%	2.30%	5.75%	5	9
$845.00	Oct 2	$13.85	0.31	6.0%	1.74%	7.70%	35	10

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 12,263

Total Puts 20,548

Put/Call Ratio 1.68

Net Difference -8,285

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 33,572

Total Puts 44,398

Put/Call Ratio 1.32

Net Difference -10,826

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 63,905

Total Puts 91,177

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.48

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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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