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CATERPILLAR INC

$786.98 +1.00%

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Wednesday, September 2, 2026 (3:05pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/02 3:05pm) 22,036

Calls: 8,079 (37%)

Puts: 13,957 (63%)

Prior (08/28) 26,428

Calls: 12,123 (46%)

Puts: 14,305 (54%)

Current vs Prior -16.62%

Calls: -33.36% (Calls)

Puts: -2.43% (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 -0.54%

Calls: -11.50%

Puts: +7.15%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/02 3:05pm) $40.04M

Calls: $14.58M (36%)

Puts: $25.46M (64%)

Prior (08/28) $41.71M

Calls: $19.79M (47%)

Puts: $21.92M (53%)

Current vs Prior -4.01%

Calls: -26.34%

Puts: +16.15%

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 +0.78%

Calls: -9.05%

Puts: +7.42%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/02 3:05pm) 1.73

Prior (08/28) 1.18

Current vs Prior +46.41%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.48

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +16.96%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/02 3:05pm) 293,754

Calls: 137,562 (47%)

Puts: 156,192 (53%)

Prior (08/28) 297,232

Calls: 136,769 (46%)

Puts: 160,463 (54%)

Current vs Prior -1.17%

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 -0.50%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

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

Current 2.75% | 4.68%6.10% | 10.73%

Prior 0.78% | 4.05%7.11% | 11.27%

Current vs Prior +255.40% | +15.44%-14.11% | -4.82%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg +22.85% | -3.32%+3.38% | -1.76%

Prior 7-Day Eod 0.78% | 4.05%6.40% | 10.87%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +255.40% | +15.44%-4.70% | -1.31%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 36.02% | 13.16%

Calls: 33.74% | 6.80%

Puts: 38.30% | 19.51%

Prior 69.07% | 10.89%

Calls: 56.82% | 9.13%

Puts: 81.32% | 12.65%

Current vs Prior -47.85% | +20.84%

Prior 7-Day Avg 38.48% | 14.03%

Calls: 36.81% | 12.55%

Puts: 40.16% | 15.51%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -6.40% | -6.21%

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Moderately bearish flow with 64% put dollar volume ($25.46M). Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.73 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 46% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

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Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

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
16:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
15:05	BEARISH	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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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 108 of results (avg 7.5%, best 4.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$770.00	Oct 16	49.60	51.60	$50.60	4.0%	12	0.59	49
$700.00	Sep 18	88.65	92.30	$90.48	4.0%	1	0.92	375
$680.00	Sep 18	106.70	111.45	$109.08	4.4%	--	0.94	189
$780.00	Oct 16	44.05	46.10	$45.08	4.5%	13	0.55	85
$810.00	Oct 16	29.95	31.50	$30.73	5.0%	7	0.44	377

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$750.00	Oct 16	21.10	22.00	$21.55	4.2%	31	0.32	1.2K
$760.00	Oct 16	24.70	25.85	$25.28	4.5%	47	0.36	322
$930.00	Oct 16	142.80	150.55	$146.68	5.3%	--	0.90	27
$820.00	Oct 16	54.05	57.00	$55.53	5.3%	11	0.60	436
$760.00	Sep 18	11.00	11.65	$11.33	5.7%	39	0.30	1.8K

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. 173 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$635.00	Sep 4	145.00	157.95	$151.48	8.5%	6	1.00	--
$685.00	Sep 4	98.00	104.80	$101.40	6.7%	--	1.00	11
$720.00	Sep 4	63.00	70.85	$66.93	11.7%	--	1.00	12
$730.00	Sep 4	53.00	60.45	$56.73	13.1%	--	1.00	10
$640.00	Sep 18	143.05	150.95	$147.00	5.4%	11	1.00	176

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$850.00	Sep 4	60.90	68.00	$64.45	11.0%	1	0.99	21
$855.00	Sep 4	65.55	73.00	$69.28	10.8%	--	0.99	10
$845.00	Sep 4	55.50	63.00	$59.25	12.7%	1	0.99	18
$840.00	Sep 4	50.65	58.00	$54.33	13.5%	--	0.98	45
$900.00	Sep 11	110.45	120.85	$115.65	9.0%	7	0.98	1

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 388 active (total vol 11.1K, top 1.3K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$885.00	Sep 11	0.02	0.71	$0.37	186.5%	408	0.02	204
$800.00	Sep 4	3.60	4.30	$3.95	17.7%	224	0.28	683
$845.00	Sep 4	0.03	0.15	$0.09	133.3%	159	0.01	98
$890.00	Sep 11	0.01	0.46	$0.24	187.5%	146	0.01	49
$825.00	Sep 4	0.28	0.82	$0.55	98.2%	132	0.06	220

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$730.00	Sep 18	4.40	5.40	$4.90	20.4%	1.3K	0.15	674
$770.00	Sep 18	14.35	15.20	$14.77	5.8%	525	0.37	390
$760.00	Sep 4	1.09	1.95	$1.52	56.6%	369	0.13	514
$640.00	Oct 16	2.04	2.91	$2.48	35.1%	313	0.05	338
$780.00	Sep 4	5.25	7.60	$6.43	36.5%	251	0.39	952

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 22 strikes (avg 12.3%, max 20.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$790.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	41.6%	34.6%	20.5%	71	847
$785.00	Sep 4	Oct 9	39.4%	33.6%	17.2%	34	39
$775.00	Sep 4	Sep 25	40.2%	34.7%	15.9%	49	21
$770.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	39.9%	34.7%	15.0%	18	84
$780.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	39.0%	34.2%	14.0%	41	115

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$790.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	41.6%	34.6%	20.5%	207	562
$775.00	Sep 4	Oct 9	40.2%	34.4%	16.7%	37	181
$765.00	Sep 4	Oct 9	39.9%	34.2%	16.5%	51	134
$785.00	Sep 4	Oct 2	39.4%	34.2%	15.2%	49	190
$770.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	39.9%	34.7%	15.0%	163	919

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 316 found (best R:R 1.03, avg 7.80)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$760.00	$770.00	Sep 11	$4.92	$5.08	$4.92	74%	1.03	$764.92
$750.00	$780.00	Oct 9	$17.02	$12.98	$17.02	68%	0.76	$767.02
$750.00	$770.00	Oct 16	$11.10	$8.90	$11.10	68%	0.80	$761.10
$885.00	$940.00	Oct 9	$3.32	$51.68	$3.32	16%	15.57	$888.32
$775.00	$780.00	Sep 18	$1.40	$3.60	$1.40	60%	2.57	$776.40

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$870.00	$860.00	Oct 16	$6.27	$3.73	$6.27	77%	0.59	$863.73
$815.00	$810.00	Sep 18	$2.28	$2.72	$2.28	67%	1.19	$812.72
$845.00	$840.00	Oct 2	$2.92	$2.08	$2.92	74%	0.71	$842.08
$790.00	$785.00	Sep 25	$1.68	$3.32	$1.68	50%	1.98	$788.32
$810.00	$805.00	Sep 11	$2.63	$2.37	$2.63	70%	0.90	$807.37

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 262 found (best R:R 0.68, avg 0.31)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$920.00	$925.00	Sep 4	$2.02	$2.02	$2.98	94%	0.68	$922.02
$885.00	$890.00	Sep 25	$1.43	$1.43	$3.57	89%	0.40	$886.43
$930.00	$935.00	Sep 25	$1.22	$1.22	$3.78	93%	0.32	$931.22
$875.00	$880.00	Oct 2	$1.73	$1.73	$3.27	83%	0.53	$876.73
$910.00	$915.00	Oct 2	$1.32	$1.32	$3.68	91%	0.36	$911.32

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$665.00	$660.00	Oct 2	$1.68	$1.68	$3.32	93%	0.51	$663.32
$640.00	$630.00	Oct 2	$1.70	$1.70	$8.30	94%	0.20	$638.30
$635.00	$630.00	Sep 25	$1.23	$1.23	$3.77	95%	0.33	$633.77
$735.00	$730.00	Oct 9	$2.18	$2.18	$2.82	74%	0.77	$732.82
$670.00	$665.00	Sep 25	$1.16	$1.16	$3.84	93%	0.30	$668.84

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 10 found (avg debit $7.76, cheapest $6.70)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$790.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$8.20	41.6%	35.9%
$785.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$8.45	39.4%	34.1%
$775.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$8.12	40.2%	35.1%
$795.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$8.30	39.9%	35.8%
$780.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$7.85	39.0%	35.9%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$790.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$6.70	41.6%	35.9%
$785.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$7.27	39.4%	34.1%
$775.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$7.15	40.2%	35.1%
$795.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$7.50	39.9%	35.8%
$780.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$8.10	39.0%	35.9%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 120 found (cheapest 2.37% of stock, avg 7.51%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$785.00	Sep 4	$9.93	$8.75	$18.68	$766.32	$803.68	2.37%
$780.00	Sep 4	$12.58	$6.43	$19.01	$760.99	$799.01	2.42%
$790.00	Sep 4	$7.95	$11.75	$19.70	$770.30	$809.70	2.50%
$795.00	Sep 4	$5.60	$14.65	$20.25	$774.75	$815.25	2.57%
$775.00	Sep 4	$16.33	$4.88	$21.21	$753.79	$796.21	2.70%
$800.00	Sep 4	$3.95	$17.43	$21.38	$778.62	$821.38	2.72%
$770.00	Sep 4	$18.93	$3.39	$22.32	$747.68	$792.32	2.84%
$805.00	Sep 4	$3.00	$21.73	$24.73	$780.27	$829.73	3.14%
$765.00	Sep 4	$23.83	$2.30	$26.13	$738.87	$791.13	3.32%
$810.00	Sep 4	$2.05	$25.78	$27.83	$782.17	$837.83	3.54%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.55% of stock, avg 4.91%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$810.00	$765.00	Sep 4	$2.05	$2.30	$4.35	$760.65	$814.35
$805.00	$765.00	Sep 4	$3.00	$2.30	$5.30	$759.70	$810.30
$810.00	$770.00	Sep 4	$2.05	$3.39	$5.44	$764.56	$815.44
$805.00	$770.00	Sep 4	$3.00	$3.39	$6.39	$763.61	$811.39
$800.00	$765.00	Sep 4	$3.95	$2.30	$6.25	$758.75	$806.25
$800.00	$770.00	Sep 4	$3.95	$3.39	$7.34	$762.66	$807.34
$810.00	$775.00	Sep 4	$2.05	$4.88	$6.93	$768.07	$816.93
$805.00	$775.00	Sep 4	$3.00	$4.88	$7.88	$767.12	$812.88
$800.00	$775.00	Sep 4	$3.95	$4.88	$8.83	$766.17	$808.83
$795.00	$765.00	Sep 4	$5.60	$2.30	$7.90	$757.10	$802.90

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 404 found (best R:R 4.75, avg credit $2.05)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
660/665	825/830	Oct 2	$4.13	$0.87	58%	4.75	$660.87	$829.13
660/665	830/835	Oct 2	$3.50	$1.50	61%	2.33	$661.50	$833.50
660/665	850/855	Oct 2	$3.08	$1.92	69%	1.60	$661.92	$853.08
630/635	835/840	Sep 25	$2.88	$2.12	69%	1.36	$632.12	$837.88
630/635	820/825	Sep 25	$3.16	$1.84	62%	1.72	$631.84	$823.16
660/665	840/845	Oct 2	$2.93	$2.07	66%	1.42	$662.07	$842.93
665/670	835/840	Sep 25	$2.81	$2.19	67%	1.28	$667.19	$837.81
665/670	820/825	Sep 25	$3.09	$1.91	60%	1.62	$666.91	$823.09
710/715	825/830	Oct 2	$3.60	$1.40	49%	2.57	$711.40	$828.60
695/700	825/830	Oct 2	$3.30	$1.70	54%	1.94	$696.70	$828.30

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 224 found (best R:R 116.65, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$660.00	$680.00	$700.00	Sep 18	$0.17	$19.83	8%	116.65
$770.00	$780.00	$790.00	Oct 16	$0.14	$9.86	8%	70.43
$840.00	$850.00	$860.00	Oct 9	$0.14	$9.86	7%	70.43
$810.00	$820.00	$830.00	Oct 16	$0.26	$9.74	8%	37.46
$800.00	$810.00	$820.00	Oct 16	$0.29	$9.71	8%	33.48

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$770.00	$775.00	$780.00	Sep 4	$0.06	$4.94	15%	82.33
$720.00	$730.00	$740.00	Sep 18	$0.23	$9.77	8%	42.48
$805.00	$810.00	$815.00	Sep 4	$0.10	$4.90	10%	49.00
$690.00	$700.00	$710.00	Oct 16	$0.13	$9.87	5%	75.92
$710.00	$720.00	$730.00	Oct 16	$0.22	$9.78	6%	44.45

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 237 found (best net $-32.56, 219 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$730.00	$755.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$7.77	$17.23
$885.00	$940.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.18	$54.82
$865.00	$885.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$3.11	$16.89
$930.00	$935.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.14	$4.86
$835.00	$840.00	1:2	Sep 4	$0.00	$5.00

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$940.00	$875.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$32.56	$32.44
$875.00	$820.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$12.08	$42.92
$645.00	$635.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.10	$9.90
$760.00	$755.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.32	$4.68
$705.00	$700.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.01	$4.99

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 120 found (best yield 4.91%, avg 1.14%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$790.00	Oct 16	$38.65	0.51	0.4%	4.91%	5.29%	13	209
$810.00	Oct 16	$29.95	0.44	2.9%	3.81%	6.73%	7	377
$800.00	Oct 16	$33.70	0.47	1.6%	4.28%	5.94%	58	171
$820.00	Oct 16	$26.10	0.40	4.2%	3.32%	7.51%	23	129
$830.00	Oct 16	$22.50	0.36	5.5%	2.86%	8.33%	16	168
$840.00	Oct 16	$18.25	0.32	6.7%	2.32%	9.06%	18	139
$800.00	Oct 9	$28.10	0.46	1.6%	3.57%	5.23%	1	17
$850.00	Oct 16	$15.55	0.29	8.0%	1.98%	9.98%	10	211
$820.00	Oct 9	$20.45	0.38	4.2%	2.60%	6.79%	1	3
$860.00	Oct 16	$13.75	0.26	9.3%	1.75%	11.03%	18	112

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 8,079

Total Puts 13,957

Put/Call Ratio 1.73

Net Difference -5,878

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 12,123

Total Puts 14,305

Put/Call Ratio 1.18

Net Difference -2,182

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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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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