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CATERPILLAR INC

$806.16 -1.27%

(9/21 18:00) ◀

Tuesday, September 22, 2026 (3:05pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/22 3:05pm) 10,800

Calls: 5,320 (49%)

Puts: 5,480 (51%)

Prior (09/18) 16,651

Calls: 6,774 (41%)

Puts: 9,877 (59%)

Current vs Prior -35.14%

Calls: -21.46% (Calls)

Puts: -44.52% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 143,107

Calls: 66,187 (46%)

Puts: 76,920 (54%)

Prior 7-Day Average 20,443

Calls: 9,455 (46%)

Puts: 10,988 (54%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -47.17%

Calls: -43.74%

Puts: -50.13%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/22 3:05pm) $32.86M

Calls: $22.60M (69%)

Puts: $10.26M (31%)

Prior (09/18) $26.93M

Calls: $15.96M (59%)

Puts: $10.97M (41%)

Current vs Prior +22.02%

Calls: +41.57%

Puts: -6.43%

Prior 7-Day Total $277.53M

Calls: $134.74M (49%)

Puts: $142.78M (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average $39.65M

Calls: $19.25M (49%)

Puts: $20.40M (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -17.11%

Calls: +17.39%

Puts: -49.68%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/22 3:05pm) 1.03

Prior (09/18) 1.46

Current vs Prior -29.35%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.19

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -13.43%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/22 3:05pm) 222,937

Calls: 110,787 (50%)

Puts: 112,150 (50%)

Prior (09/18) 305,069

Calls: 148,736 (49%)

Puts: 156,333 (51%)

Current vs Prior -26.92%

Prior 7-Day Total 2,062,468

Calls: 976,013 (47%)

Puts: 1,086,455 (53%)

Prior 7-Day Average 294,638

Calls: 139,430 (47%)

Puts: 155,207 (53%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -24.34%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (09/25) | Next (10/02)Expiry (10/16) | Next (11/20)

Current 2.89% | 4.87%7.33% | 13.57%

Prior 1.83% | 4.46%1.83% | 8.70%

Current vs Prior +58.32% | +9.30%+301.42% | +56.08%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.29% | 4.81%4.33% | 9.60%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +26.14% | +1.18%+69.29% | +41.36%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.83% | 4.46%7.58% | 13.97%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +58.32% | +9.30%-3.27% | -2.84%

Sentiment BEARISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 23.49% | 9.48%

Calls: 21.02% | 12.25%

Puts: 25.97% | 6.72%

Prior 38.28% | 31.39%

Calls: 36.60% | 29.35%

Puts: 39.97% | 33.43%

Current vs Prior -38.64% | -69.80%

Prior 7-Day Avg 36.22% | 20.76%

Calls: 31.47% | 21.43%

Puts: 40.96% | 20.09%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -35.14% | -54.34%

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Moderately bullish flow with 69% call dollar volume ($22.60M). Slightly bearish P/C ratio of 1.03. P/C ratio dropping 29% - sentiment shifting bullish. Declining open interest (down 27%) indicates positions being closed.

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7-Day Avg BEARISH

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Current NEUTRAL

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

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Prior BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 103 of results (avg 7.4%, best 4.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$765.00	Oct 16	53.90	56.10	$55.00	4.0%	2	0.74	1
$770.00	Oct 16	50.20	52.55	$51.38	4.6%	--	0.72	78
$780.00	Oct 16	43.60	45.85	$44.73	5.0%	--	0.67	102
$800.00	Oct 9	27.90	29.45	$28.67	5.4%	4	0.55	22
$805.00	Oct 30	44.05	46.65	$45.35	5.7%	4	0.53	19

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$820.00	Oct 16	33.60	35.05	$34.33	4.2%	60	0.56	485
$900.00	Oct 16	94.50	98.75	$96.63	4.4%	2	0.87	130
$890.00	Oct 16	84.75	88.95	$86.85	4.8%	2	0.85	86
$797.50	Oct 2	13.90	14.65	$14.28	5.3%	11	0.42	29
$790.00	Oct 2	11.05	11.65	$11.35	5.3%	32	0.35	42

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. 159 found (avg delta 0.73, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$670.00	Sep 25	131.45	142.60	$137.02	8.1%	2	1.00	3
$690.00	Sep 25	111.40	122.45	$116.93	9.5%	10	1.00	13
$692.50	Sep 25	108.95	119.30	$114.13	9.1%	10	1.00	14
$700.00	Sep 25	101.10	109.65	$105.38	8.1%	--	1.00	10
$750.00	Sep 25	52.10	59.90	$56.00	13.9%	--	1.00	33

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$900.00	Sep 25	88.45	97.25	$92.85	9.5%	1	0.99	1
$880.00	Sep 25	70.05	76.75	$73.40	9.1%	--	0.98	13
$870.00	Sep 25	58.85	66.80	$62.83	12.7%	--	0.98	17
$865.00	Sep 25	54.95	63.75	$59.35	14.8%	--	0.97	16
$860.00	Sep 25	50.75	56.70	$53.73	11.1%	1	0.97	18

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 345 active (total vol 5.5K, top 230)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$830.00	Sep 25	2.38	3.45	$2.92	36.6%	230	0.19	312
$820.00	Sep 25	4.90	6.15	$5.53	22.6%	157	0.31	127
$840.00	Oct 16	14.95	16.25	$15.60	8.3%	105	0.34	353
$850.00	Sep 25	0.60	0.90	$0.75	40.0%	104	0.06	429
$820.00	Oct 16	21.25	23.95	$22.60	11.9%	76	0.44	338

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$800.00	Sep 25	7.25	8.55	$7.90	16.5%	173	0.42	178
$750.00	Sep 25	0.30	0.42	$0.36	33.3%	129	0.03	205
$760.00	Oct 2	3.55	4.15	$3.85	15.6%	102	0.15	136
$770.00	Sep 25	1.02	1.49	$1.25	37.6%	101	0.10	363
$770.00	Oct 16	12.70	13.50	$13.10	6.1%	84	0.28	1.0K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 13 strikes (avg 8.2%, max 12.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$817.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	38.9%	34.6%	12.5%	11	70
$830.00	Sep 25	Oct 23	37.8%	34.7%	9.1%	230	341
$832.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	37.6%	34.6%	8.7%	2	43
$822.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	37.5%	34.6%	8.6%	17	68
$780.00	Sep 25	Oct 23	37.2%	34.3%	8.4%	28	47

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$817.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	38.9%	34.6%	12.5%	17	30
$797.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	36.2%	33.3%	8.7%	18	19
$812.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	37.7%	35.0%	7.7%	5	36
$835.00	Sep 25	Oct 23	37.8%	35.3%	7.2%	1	25
$810.00	Sep 25	Oct 23	37.5%	35.9%	4.3%	10	258

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 359 found (best R:R 2.50, avg 6.75)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$760.00	$765.00	Oct 2	$2.48	$2.52	$2.48	85%	1.02	$762.48
$800.00	$805.00	Oct 23	$1.11	$3.89	$1.11	55%	3.50	$801.11
$775.00	$790.00	Oct 30	$7.75	$7.25	$7.75	64%	0.94	$782.75
$820.00	$825.00	Oct 30	$1.15	$3.85	$1.15	47%	3.35	$821.15
$850.00	$860.00	Oct 30	$2.40	$7.60	$2.40	37%	3.17	$852.40

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$855.00	$850.00	Oct 2	$1.43	$3.57	$1.43	84%	2.50	$853.57
$840.00	$835.00	Sep 25	$2.70	$2.30	$2.70	88%	0.85	$837.30
$855.00	$850.00	Sep 25	$3.25	$1.75	$3.25	95%	0.54	$851.75
$835.00	$830.00	Oct 23	$1.70	$3.30	$1.70	61%	1.94	$833.30
$845.00	$840.00	Oct 2	$2.70	$2.30	$2.70	79%	0.85	$842.30

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 291 found (best R:R 0.68, avg 0.36)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$940.00	$945.00	Oct 2	$1.68	$1.68	$3.32	93%	0.51	$941.68
$905.00	$910.00	Oct 23	$2.07	$2.07	$2.93	84%	0.71	$907.07
$920.00	$925.00	Oct 23	$1.58	$1.58	$3.42	87%	0.46	$921.58
$885.00	$890.00	Sep 25	$1.17	$1.17	$3.83	91%	0.31	$886.17
$860.00	$865.00	Oct 30	$2.53	$2.53	$2.47	66%	1.02	$862.53

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$675.00	$670.00	Sep 25	$2.02	$2.02	$2.98	95%	0.68	$672.98
$685.00	$680.00	Sep 25	$2.02	$2.02	$2.98	94%	0.68	$682.98
$695.00	$690.00	Oct 23	$2.07	$2.07	$2.93	90%	0.71	$692.93
$655.00	$650.00	Oct 23	$1.81	$1.81	$3.19	95%	0.57	$653.19
$775.00	$770.00	Oct 23	$3.05	$3.05	$1.95	67%	1.56	$771.95

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 17 found (avg debit $7.77, cheapest $15.34)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$817.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$7.42	38.9%	34.6%
$815.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$7.43	38.6%	35.1%
$820.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$7.20	38.8%	35.4%
$812.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$7.50	37.7%	34.5%
$795.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$7.48	37.2%	34.2%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$817.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	$15.34	38.9%	34.6%
$815.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$6.40	38.6%	35.1%
$820.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$6.15	38.8%	35.4%
$812.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$6.87	37.7%	34.5%
$795.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$6.73	37.2%	34.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 125 found (cheapest 2.66% of stock, avg 7.22%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$805.00	Sep 25	$11.18	$10.30	$21.48	$783.52	$826.48	2.66%
$810.00	Sep 25	$8.78	$12.65	$21.43	$788.57	$831.43	2.66%
$807.50	Sep 25	$9.88	$12.13	$22.01	$785.49	$829.51	2.73%
$800.00	Sep 25	$14.25	$7.90	$22.15	$777.85	$822.15	2.75%
$812.50	Sep 25	$7.78	$14.53	$22.31	$790.19	$834.81	2.77%
$797.50	Sep 25	$15.40	$7.25	$22.65	$774.85	$820.15	2.81%
$815.00	Sep 25	$7.10	$16.18	$23.28	$791.72	$838.28	2.89%
$795.00	Sep 25	$17.25	$6.57	$23.82	$771.18	$818.82	2.95%
$817.50	Sep 25	$6.33	$17.83	$24.16	$793.34	$841.66	3.00%
$820.00	Sep 25	$5.53	$19.18	$24.71	$795.29	$844.71	3.07%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 1.34% of stock, avg 5.35%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$817.50	$790.00	Sep 25	$6.33	$4.50	$10.83	$779.17	$828.33
$815.00	$790.00	Sep 25	$7.10	$4.50	$11.60	$778.40	$826.60
$817.50	$795.00	Sep 25	$6.33	$6.57	$12.90	$782.10	$830.40
$815.00	$795.00	Sep 25	$7.10	$6.57	$13.67	$781.33	$828.67
$812.50	$790.00	Sep 25	$7.78	$4.50	$12.28	$777.72	$824.78
$817.50	$797.50	Sep 25	$6.33	$7.25	$13.58	$783.92	$831.08
$815.00	$797.50	Sep 25	$7.10	$7.25	$14.35	$783.15	$829.35
$812.50	$795.00	Sep 25	$7.78	$6.57	$14.35	$780.65	$826.85
$812.50	$797.50	Sep 25	$7.78	$7.25	$15.03	$782.47	$827.53
$817.50	$800.00	Sep 25	$6.33	$7.90	$14.23	$785.77	$831.73

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 210 found (best R:R 12.51, avg credit $1.85)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
700/705	860/865	Oct 30	$4.63	$0.37	50%	12.51	$700.37	$864.63
690/695	845/850	Oct 23	$3.84	$1.16	56%	3.31	$691.16	$848.84
650/655	845/850	Oct 23	$3.58	$1.42	60%	2.52	$651.42	$848.58
675/680	860/865	Oct 30	$3.82	$1.18	55%	3.24	$676.18	$863.82
690/695	855/860	Oct 23	$3.40	$1.60	60%	2.12	$691.60	$858.40
650/655	855/860	Oct 23	$3.14	$1.86	64%	1.69	$651.86	$858.14
655/660	860/865	Oct 30	$3.41	$1.59	58%	2.14	$656.59	$863.41
665/670	860/865	Oct 30	$3.44	$1.56	57%	2.21	$666.56	$863.44
670/675	830/832	Sep 25	$2.49	$2.51	75%	0.99	$672.51	$832.49
670/675	820/822	Sep 25	$3.05	$1.95	64%	1.56	$671.95	$823.05

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 217 found (best R:R 82.33, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$890.00	$900.00	$910.00	Oct 16	$0.14	$9.86	4%	70.43
$785.00	$790.00	$795.00	Oct 23	$0.07	$4.93	5%	70.43
$790.00	$795.00	$800.00	Oct 2	$0.17	$4.83	9%	28.41
$780.00	$785.00	$790.00	Oct 2	$0.19	$4.81	8%	25.32
$865.00	$870.00	$875.00	Oct 16	$0.08	$4.92	3%	61.50

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$780.00	$785.00	$790.00	Sep 25	$0.06	$4.94	10%	82.33
$775.00	$780.00	$785.00	Sep 25	$0.17	$4.83	9%	28.41
$680.00	$690.00	$700.00	Oct 16	$0.06	$9.94	2%	165.67
$690.00	$700.00	$710.00	Oct 16	$0.09	$9.91	3%	110.11
$760.00	$765.00	$770.00	Sep 25	$0.06	$4.94	4%	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. 209 found (best net $-6.62, 191 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$700.00	$750.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$6.62	$43.38
$700.00	$765.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$5.31	$59.69
$670.00	$720.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$36.37	$13.63
$720.00	$760.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$21.82	$18.18
$855.00	$860.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.09	$4.91

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$865.00	$820.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.50	$44.50
$965.00	$900.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$50.20	$14.80
$930.00	$885.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$37.42	$7.58
$685.00	$670.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.16	$14.84
$675.00	$670.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.09	$4.91

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 136 found (best yield 4.83%, avg 1.28%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$815.00	Oct 30	$38.95	0.49	1.1%	4.83%	5.93%	--	21
$810.00	Oct 30	$41.30	0.51	0.5%	5.12%	5.60%	2	20
$820.00	Oct 30	$36.10	0.47	1.7%	4.48%	6.19%	3	5
$825.00	Oct 30	$33.50	0.46	2.3%	4.16%	6.49%	1	25
$840.00	Oct 30	$28.00	0.41	4.2%	3.47%	7.67%	5	4
$845.00	Oct 30	$25.95	0.39	4.8%	3.22%	8.04%	--	15
$850.00	Oct 30	$24.25	0.37	5.4%	3.01%	8.45%	--	14
$860.00	Oct 30	$22.05	0.34	6.7%	2.74%	9.41%	1	42
$870.00	Oct 30	$18.35	0.31	7.9%	2.28%	10.20%	1	6
$875.00	Oct 30	$17.30	0.30	8.5%	2.15%	10.69%	--	10

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 5,320

Total Puts 5,480

Put/Call Ratio 1.03

Net Difference -160

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 6,774

Total Puts 9,877

Put/Call Ratio 1.46

Net Difference -3,103

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 66,187

Total Puts 76,920

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.19

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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