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CATERPILLAR INC

$794.09 +0.23%

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/03 3:05pm) 15,555

Calls: 6,775 (44%)

Puts: 8,780 (56%)

Prior (09/02) 22,036

Calls: 8,079 (37%)

Puts: 13,957 (63%)

Current vs Prior -29.41%

Calls: -16.14% (Calls)

Puts: -37.09% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 160,227

Calls: 65,921 (41%)

Puts: 94,306 (59%)

Prior 7-Day Average 22,889

Calls: 9,417 (41%)

Puts: 13,472 (59%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -32.04%

Calls: -28.06%

Puts: -34.83%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/03 3:05pm) $39.13M

Calls: $17.44M (45%)

Puts: $21.70M (55%)

Prior (09/02) $40.04M

Calls: $14.58M (36%)

Puts: $25.46M (64%)

Current vs Prior -2.27%

Calls: +19.60%

Puts: -14.79%

Prior 7-Day Total $259.45M

Calls: $141.69M (55%)

Puts: $117.77M (45%)

Prior 7-Day Average $37.06M

Calls: $20.24M (55%)

Puts: $16.82M (45%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +5.58%

Calls: -13.86%

Puts: +28.96%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/03 3:05pm) 1.30

Prior (09/02) 1.73

Current vs Prior -24.98%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.47

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -12.06%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/03 3:05pm) 301,412

Calls: 140,327 (47%)

Puts: 161,085 (53%)

Prior (09/02) 293,754

Calls: 137,562 (47%)

Puts: 156,192 (53%)

Current vs Prior +2.61%

Prior 7-Day Total 2,012,295

Calls: 940,342 (47%)

Puts: 1,071,953 (53%)

Prior 7-Day Average 287,470

Calls: 134,334 (47%)

Puts: 153,136 (53%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +4.85%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

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

Current 2.13% | 4.21%6.03% | 10.52%

Prior 3.28% | 4.98%6.47% | 10.80%

Current vs Prior -34.91% | -15.49%-6.87% | -2.64%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.41% | 4.87%6.53% | 11.19%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -11.43% | -13.52%-7.68% | -6.07%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.28% | 4.98%6.17% | 10.55%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -34.91% | -15.49%-2.33% | -0.32%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 29.84% | 12.46%

Calls: 35.13% | 14.94%

Puts: 24.54% | 9.97%

Prior 17.19% | 20.17%

Calls: 17.84% | 13.27%

Puts: 16.54% | 27.08%

Current vs Prior +73.59% | -38.23%

Prior 7-Day Avg 37.05% | 15.20%

Calls: 35.96% | 12.77%

Puts: 38.15% | 17.62%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -19.47% | -18.00%

Liquidity Expensive

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Prior NEUTRAL

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 128 of results (avg 7.2%, best 2.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$750.00	Oct 16	65.85	68.30	$67.07	3.7%	6	0.71	20
$760.00	Oct 16	59.05	61.35	$60.20	3.8%	5	0.67	7
$790.00	Oct 16	42.35	44.20	$43.28	4.3%	5	0.54	217
$770.00	Oct 16	52.90	55.25	$54.08	4.3%	1	0.63	54
$720.00	Oct 16	87.25	91.20	$89.23	4.4%	--	0.81	17

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$780.00	Oct 16	30.20	31.00	$30.60	2.6%	246	0.41	293
$790.00	Oct 16	34.70	35.65	$35.17	2.7%	72	0.46	191
$800.00	Oct 16	39.65	40.80	$40.22	2.9%	48	0.49	483
$880.00	Oct 16	92.90	95.95	$94.43	3.2%	8	0.77	175
$900.00	Sep 18	104.05	107.65	$105.85	3.4%	11	0.93	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. 180 found (avg delta 0.78, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$740.00	Sep 4	52.35	60.85	$56.60	15.0%	1	1.00	2
$720.00	Sep 4	72.30	80.75	$76.53	11.0%	--	0.99	11
$690.00	Sep 4	102.00	112.80	$107.40	10.1%	--	0.99	16
$640.00	Sep 18	153.35	163.75	$158.55	6.6%	--	0.99	175
$650.00	Sep 18	143.50	153.85	$148.68	7.0%	--	0.99	10

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$835.00	Sep 4	34.85	42.60	$38.73	20.0%	--	1.00	21
$840.00	Sep 4	37.40	47.35	$42.38	23.5%	5	1.00	44
$845.00	Sep 4	42.70	52.60	$47.65	20.8%	1	1.00	5
$855.00	Sep 4	53.60	62.60	$58.10	15.5%	--	1.00	10
$885.00	Sep 4	86.95	92.50	$89.73	6.2%	3	1.00	1

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 402 active (total vol 10.0K, top 828)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$800.00	Sep 4	4.00	5.50	$4.75	31.6%	281	0.38	749
$940.00	Oct 16	4.95	5.60	$5.28	12.3%	198	0.11	467
$840.00	Sep 18	6.85	7.55	$7.20	9.7%	197	0.23	645
$800.00	Sep 18	19.70	21.50	$20.60	8.7%	140	0.48	1.0K
$880.00	Sep 4	0.00	0.14	$0.07	200.0%	112	0.01	480

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$695.00	Sep 11	0.10	0.48	$0.29	131.0%	828	0.02	67
$780.00	Sep 18	14.85	15.95	$15.40	7.1%	330	0.38	1.1K
$780.00	Oct 16	30.20	31.00	$30.60	2.6%	246	0.41	293
$780.00	Sep 11	8.90	10.85	$9.88	19.7%	236	0.35	159
$720.00	Oct 16	10.40	11.25	$10.83	7.8%	221	0.19	270

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 15 strikes (avg 13.9%, max 43.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$812.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	49.6%	34.6%	43.2%	27	86
$795.00	Sep 4	Oct 2	40.9%	34.2%	19.5%	52	92
$800.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	42.2%	37.6%	12.2%	347	956
$810.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	42.0%	37.4%	12.2%	121	538
$780.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	38.9%	34.8%	11.9%	18	122

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$795.00	Sep 4	Oct 9	40.9%	36.1%	13.2%	26	133
$800.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	42.2%	37.6%	12.2%	73	1.2K
$810.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	42.0%	37.4%	12.2%	17	808
$780.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	38.9%	34.8%	11.9%	276	1.2K
$805.00	Sep 4	Oct 9	41.6%	37.6%	10.8%	21	96

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 330 found (best R:R 3.00, avg 7.39)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$700.00	$710.00	Oct 16	$6.52	$3.48	$6.52	86%	0.53	$706.52
$810.00	$815.00	Sep 25	$1.00	$4.00	$1.00	43%	4.00	$811.00
$760.00	$765.00	Oct 2	$2.43	$2.57	$2.43	70%	1.06	$762.43
$775.00	$785.00	Sep 25	$5.15	$4.85	$5.15	63%	0.94	$780.15
$797.50	$800.00	Sep 11	$0.34	$2.16	$0.34	48%	6.35	$797.84

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$865.00	$860.00	Sep 18	$1.25	$3.75	$1.25	87%	3.00	$863.75
$840.00	$835.00	Oct 2	$0.80	$4.20	$0.80	69%	5.25	$839.20
$830.00	$805.00	Oct 9	$12.15	$12.85	$12.15	62%	1.06	$817.85
$835.00	$830.00	Sep 4	$2.98	$2.02	$2.98	100%	0.68	$832.02
$910.00	$900.00	Oct 16	$6.42	$3.58	$6.42	83%	0.56	$903.58

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 267 found (best R:R 0.74, avg 0.35)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$945.00	$950.00	Sep 4	$2.12	$2.12	$2.88	94%	0.74	$947.12
$925.00	$930.00	Sep 4	$2.10	$2.10	$2.90	93%	0.72	$927.10
$945.00	$950.00	Sep 11	$1.90	$1.90	$3.10	94%	0.61	$946.90
$905.00	$910.00	Sep 11	$1.84	$1.84	$3.16	93%	0.58	$906.84
$905.00	$910.00	Sep 4	$1.67	$1.67	$3.33	93%	0.50	$906.67

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$645.00	$640.00	Sep 4	$2.12	$2.12	$2.88	95%	0.74	$642.88
$695.00	$690.00	Sep 4	$2.03	$2.03	$2.97	94%	0.68	$692.97
$705.00	$700.00	Sep 11	$1.77	$1.77	$3.23	93%	0.55	$703.23
$655.00	$650.00	Sep 25	$1.64	$1.64	$3.36	95%	0.49	$653.36
$790.00	$780.00	Oct 9	$5.57	$5.57	$4.43	55%	1.26	$784.43

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 6 found (avg debit $9.15, cheapest $8.92)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$795.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$9.57	40.9%	33.6%
$800.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$9.93	42.2%	36.6%
$790.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$9.06	37.7%	33.0%

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$795.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$8.92	40.9%	33.6%
$800.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$8.50	42.2%	36.6%
$790.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$8.90	37.7%	33.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 132 found (cheapest 1.74% of stock, avg 7.11%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$795.00	Sep 4	$6.68	$7.13	$13.81	$781.19	$808.81	1.74%
$790.00	Sep 4	$9.82	$4.40	$14.22	$775.78	$804.22	1.79%
$800.00	Sep 4	$4.75	$9.98	$14.73	$785.27	$814.73	1.85%
$805.00	Sep 4	$3.05	$12.93	$15.98	$789.02	$820.98	2.01%
$785.00	Sep 4	$13.83	$2.84	$16.67	$768.33	$801.67	2.10%
$810.00	Sep 4	$1.95	$16.45	$18.40	$791.60	$828.40	2.32%
$780.00	Sep 4	$17.40	$1.71	$19.11	$760.89	$799.11	2.41%
$812.50	Sep 4	$2.37	$18.30	$20.67	$791.83	$833.17	2.60%
$815.00	Sep 4	$1.00	$20.53	$21.53	$793.47	$836.53	2.71%
$775.00	Sep 4	$21.85	$1.01	$22.86	$752.14	$797.86	2.88%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.32% of stock, avg 4.98%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$810.00	$770.00	Sep 4	$1.95	$0.56	$2.51	$767.49	$812.51
$810.00	$775.00	Sep 4	$1.95	$1.01	$2.96	$772.04	$812.96
$812.50	$770.00	Sep 4	$2.37	$0.56	$2.93	$767.07	$815.43
$810.00	$780.00	Sep 4	$1.95	$1.71	$3.66	$776.34	$813.66
$812.50	$775.00	Sep 4	$2.37	$1.01	$3.38	$771.62	$815.88
$812.50	$780.00	Sep 4	$2.37	$1.71	$4.08	$775.92	$816.58
$805.00	$770.00	Sep 4	$3.05	$0.56	$3.61	$766.39	$808.61
$805.00	$775.00	Sep 4	$3.05	$1.01	$4.06	$770.94	$809.06
$810.00	$785.00	Sep 4	$1.95	$2.84	$4.79	$780.21	$814.79
$805.00	$780.00	Sep 4	$3.05	$1.71	$4.76	$775.24	$809.76

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 332 found (best R:R 1.33, avg credit $2.33)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
640/645	872/875	Sep 4	$2.85	$2.15	91%	1.33	$642.15	$875.35
640/645	812/815	Sep 4	$3.49	$1.51	75%	2.31	$641.51	$815.99
690/695	872/875	Sep 4	$2.76	$2.24	89%	1.23	$692.24	$875.26
690/695	812/815	Sep 4	$3.40	$1.60	73%	2.12	$691.60	$815.90
640/645	832/835	Sep 4	$2.30	$2.70	92%	0.85	$642.70	$834.80
640/645	825/828	Sep 4	$2.24	$2.76	90%	0.81	$642.76	$827.24
640/645	822/825	Sep 4	$2.33	$2.67	88%	0.87	$642.67	$824.83
690/695	832/835	Sep 4	$2.21	$2.79	90%	0.79	$692.79	$834.71
675/680	872/875	Sep 4	$2.13	$2.87	90%	0.74	$677.87	$874.63
640/645	805/810	Sep 4	$3.22	$1.78	67%	1.81	$641.78	$808.22

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 258 found (best R:R 40.67, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$795.00	$800.00	$805.00	Sep 4	$0.23	$4.77	21%	20.74
$730.00	$740.00	$750.00	Oct 16	$0.12	$9.88	7%	82.33
$770.00	$780.00	$790.00	Oct 16	$0.20	$9.80	8%	49.00
$740.00	$750.00	$760.00	Oct 16	$0.26	$9.74	8%	37.46
$805.00	$810.00	$815.00	Sep 18	$0.06	$4.94	7%	82.33

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$790.00	$795.00	$800.00	Sep 4	$0.12	$4.88	23%	40.67
$795.00	$800.00	$805.00	Sep 4	$0.10	$4.90	21%	49.00
$770.00	$780.00	$790.00	Oct 16	$0.12	$9.88	8%	82.33
$790.00	$800.00	$810.00	Oct 16	$0.13	$9.87	8%	75.92
$730.00	$740.00	$750.00	Oct 16	$0.13	$9.87	7%	75.92

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 248 found (best net $-4.83, 218 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$700.00	$760.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$4.83	$55.17
$850.00	$885.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$1.37	$33.63
$805.00	$810.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.85	$4.15
$800.00	$805.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$1.35	$3.65
$895.00	$900.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.06	$4.94

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$940.00	$875.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$24.65	$40.35
$885.00	$855.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$26.47	$3.53
$795.00	$790.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$1.67	$3.33
$785.00	$780.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.58	$4.42
$780.00	$775.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.31	$4.69

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 130 found (best yield 4.72%, avg 1.25%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$800.00	Oct 16	$37.45	0.51	0.7%	4.72%	5.46%	66	207
$810.00	Oct 16	$32.95	0.47	2.0%	4.15%	6.15%	31	386
$820.00	Oct 16	$28.95	0.43	3.3%	3.65%	6.91%	35	151
$830.00	Oct 16	$25.25	0.39	4.5%	3.18%	7.70%	79	189
$840.00	Oct 16	$22.45	0.36	5.8%	2.83%	8.61%	21	133
$850.00	Oct 16	$19.50	0.32	7.0%	2.46%	9.50%	77	214
$815.00	Oct 9	$26.95	0.45	2.6%	3.39%	6.03%	1	--
$805.00	Oct 9	$30.90	0.49	1.4%	3.89%	5.27%	2	2
$810.00	Oct 9	$28.85	0.47	2.0%	3.63%	5.64%	1	3
$800.00	Oct 9	$33.15	0.51	0.7%	4.17%	4.92%	6	17

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 6,775

Total Puts 8,780

Put/Call Ratio 1.30

Net Difference -2,005

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 8,079

Total Puts 13,957

Put/Call Ratio 1.73

Net Difference -5,878

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 65,921

Total Puts 94,306

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.47

Ratio Trend Falling

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

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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