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CATERPILLAR INC

$802.50 -1.17%

(9/22 15:05) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/24 3:05pm) 10,701

Calls: 5,451 (51%)

Puts: 5,250 (49%)

Prior (09/22) 10,800

Calls: 5,320 (49%)

Puts: 5,480 (51%)

Current vs Prior -0.92%

Calls: +2.46% (Calls)

Puts: -4.20% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 144,203

Calls: 66,186 (46%)

Puts: 78,017 (54%)

Prior 7-Day Average 20,600

Calls: 9,455 (46%)

Puts: 11,145 (54%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -48.05%

Calls: -42.35%

Puts: -52.89%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/24 3:05pm) $21.10M

Calls: $11.28M (53%)

Puts: $9.83M (47%)

Prior (09/22) $32.86M

Calls: $22.60M (69%)

Puts: $10.26M (31%)

Current vs Prior -35.78%

Calls: -50.10%

Puts: -4.26%

Prior 7-Day Total $265.33M

Calls: $133.27M (50%)

Puts: $132.06M (50%)

Prior 7-Day Average $37.90M

Calls: $19.04M (50%)

Puts: $18.87M (50%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -44.32%

Calls: -40.77%

Puts: -47.91%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/24 3:05pm) 0.96

Prior (09/22) 1.03

Current vs Prior -6.50%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.21

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -20.60%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/24 3:05pm) 230,870

Calls: 114,279 (49%)

Puts: 116,591 (51%)

Prior (09/22) 222,937

Calls: 110,787 (50%)

Puts: 112,150 (50%)

Current vs Prior +3.56%

Prior 7-Day Total 2,066,125

Calls: 984,422 (48%)

Puts: 1,081,703 (52%)

Prior 7-Day Average 295,160

Calls: 140,631 (48%)

Puts: 154,529 (52%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -21.78%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 1.97% | 4.15%7.03% | 13.27%

Prior 0.84% | 4.07%0.84% | 8.15%

Current vs Prior +134.20% | +1.91%+734.09% | +62.78%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.11% | 4.79%3.59% | 9.26%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -6.41% | -13.49%+95.70% | +43.27%

Prior 7-Day Eod 0.84% | 4.07%7.58% | 13.97%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +134.20% | +1.91%-7.30% | -4.99%

Sentiment BEARISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 39.08% | 21.04%

Calls: 37.02% | 18.29%

Puts: 41.13% | 23.78%

Prior 56.54% | 28.98%

Calls: 41.39% | 23.98%

Puts: 71.69% | 33.97%

Current vs Prior -30.88% | -27.40%

Prior 7-Day Avg 40.03% | 23.12%

Calls: 32.37% | 22.72%

Puts: 47.70% | 23.52%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -2.38% | -9.00%

Liquidity Expensive

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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 45 of results (avg 8.3%, best 5.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$670.00	Oct 16	132.80	140.65	$136.73	5.7%	--	0.97	10
$650.00	Oct 9	151.95	162.20	$157.07	6.5%	15	0.98	--
$700.00	Oct 2	101.30	108.80	$105.05	7.1%	2	0.99	5
$650.00	Oct 16	151.55	162.85	$157.20	7.2%	--	0.99	31
$845.00	Oct 16	11.60	12.50	$12.05	7.5%	23	0.29	16

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$800.00	Oct 16	24.40	25.75	$25.08	5.4%	61	0.46	767
$790.00	Oct 16	20.00	21.20	$20.60	5.8%	20	0.40	413
$785.00	Oct 16	18.00	19.15	$18.58	6.2%	--	0.38	41
$880.00	Oct 16	78.00	83.00	$80.50	6.2%	16	0.85	253
$860.00	Oct 16	61.85	65.95	$63.90	6.4%	28	0.78	173

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. 169 found (avg delta 0.74, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$750.00	Sep 25	50.15	58.50	$54.33	15.4%	--	0.99	32
$700.00	Oct 2	101.30	108.80	$105.05	7.1%	2	0.99	5
$742.50	Sep 25	57.60	66.40	$62.00	14.2%	2	0.99	3
$650.00	Oct 16	151.55	162.85	$157.20	7.2%	--	0.99	31
$760.00	Sep 25	40.50	48.25	$44.38	17.5%	--	0.98	27

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$835.00	Sep 25	26.00	34.75	$30.38	28.8%	--	1.00	11
$840.00	Sep 25	31.80	40.20	$36.00	23.3%	--	1.00	51
$845.00	Sep 25	35.40	44.90	$40.15	23.7%	--	1.00	16
$850.00	Sep 25	41.65	50.25	$45.95	18.7%	22	1.00	20
$855.00	Sep 25	46.50	55.25	$50.88	17.2%	20	1.00	13

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 353 active (total vol 6.1K, top 272)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$830.00	Sep 25	0.33	1.09	$0.71	107.0%	272	0.09	469
$870.00	Oct 2	0.85	1.90	$1.38	76.1%	144	0.07	79
$835.00	Sep 25	0.20	0.74	$0.47	114.9%	126	0.06	282
$830.00	Oct 2	6.40	7.95	$7.18	21.6%	123	0.28	83
$845.00	Oct 2	3.45	4.65	$4.05	29.6%	106	0.18	264

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$780.00	Sep 25	0.45	0.99	$0.72	75.0%	215	0.09	292
$660.00	Oct 16	0.43	0.70	$0.56	48.2%	160	0.02	323
$785.00	Sep 25	0.95	1.41	$1.18	39.0%	102	0.13	447
$760.00	Oct 2	2.75	3.50	$3.13	24.0%	88	0.14	446
$770.00	Sep 25	0.07	0.38	$0.23	134.8%	82	0.03	373

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 12 strikes (avg 15.3%, max 26.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$797.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	42.2%	33.4%	26.5%	15	30
$822.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	43.3%	35.3%	22.7%	50	94
$807.50	Sep 25	Oct 9	41.5%	35.9%	15.6%	55	27
$812.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	41.5%	36.3%	14.6%	18	102
$817.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	39.9%	35.1%	13.4%	40	98

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$797.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	42.2%	33.4%	26.5%	25	39
$812.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	41.5%	35.1%	18.3%	26	63
$807.50	Sep 25	Oct 9	41.5%	35.9%	15.6%	13	16
$810.00	Sep 25	Oct 23	41.5%	36.1%	15.0%	21	264
$817.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	39.9%	35.1%	13.4%	10	54

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 335 found (best R:R 1.10, avg 6.87)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$750.00	$760.00	Oct 30	$5.45	$4.55	$5.45	72%	0.83	$755.45
$810.00	$880.00	Nov 6	$24.02	$45.98	$24.02	50%	1.91	$834.02
$790.00	$795.00	Oct 23	$1.63	$3.37	$1.63	60%	2.07	$791.63
$780.00	$785.00	Oct 23	$2.15	$2.85	$2.15	64%	1.33	$782.15
$820.00	$825.00	Oct 30	$1.28	$3.72	$1.28	46%	2.91	$821.28

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$845.00	$840.00	Oct 2	$2.38	$2.62	$2.38	83%	1.10	$842.62
$880.00	$875.00	Oct 23	$2.48	$2.52	$2.48	82%	1.02	$877.52
$790.00	$785.00	Oct 23	$0.44	$4.56	$0.44	41%	10.36	$789.56
$815.00	$805.00	Oct 30	$3.47	$6.53	$3.47	52%	1.88	$811.53
$820.00	$815.00	Oct 9	$1.38	$3.62	$1.38	59%	2.62	$818.62

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 274 found (best R:R 1.29, avg 0.46)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$945.00	$950.00	Sep 25	$2.05	$2.05	$2.95	94%	0.69	$947.05
$920.00	$925.00	Oct 2	$2.01	$2.01	$2.99	93%	0.67	$922.01
$895.00	$900.00	Oct 2	$1.90	$1.90	$3.10	91%	0.61	$896.90
$875.00	$880.00	Oct 23	$2.55	$2.55	$2.45	77%	1.04	$877.55
$910.00	$915.00	Oct 23	$2.08	$2.08	$2.92	86%	0.71	$912.08

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$750.00	$745.00	Oct 16	$2.82	$2.82	$2.18	80%	1.29	$747.18
$675.00	$670.00	Sep 25	$2.02	$2.02	$2.98	95%	0.68	$672.98
$700.00	$695.00	Oct 9	$2.08	$2.08	$2.92	93%	0.71	$697.92
$690.00	$685.00	Sep 25	$2.00	$2.00	$3.00	94%	0.67	$688.00
$685.00	$680.00	Oct 2	$2.00	$2.00	$3.00	94%	0.67	$683.00

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 16 found (avg debit $9.16, cheapest $9.63)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$797.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$9.82	42.2%	35.7%
$807.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$8.90	41.5%	35.2%
$810.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$9.47	41.5%	35.7%
$812.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$9.54	41.5%	36.3%
$800.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$10.07	39.8%	35.4%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$797.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$9.63	42.2%	35.7%
$807.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$9.78	41.5%	35.2%
$795.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$8.94	40.3%	34.2%
$810.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$9.80	41.5%	35.7%
$812.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$9.03	41.5%	36.3%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 135 found (cheapest 1.63% of stock, avg 6.89%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$805.00	Sep 25	$6.07	$7.05	$13.12	$791.88	$818.12	1.63%
$800.00	Sep 25	$8.78	$5.05	$13.83	$786.17	$813.83	1.72%
$807.50	Sep 25	$5.50	$8.57	$14.07	$793.43	$821.57	1.75%
$810.00	Sep 25	$4.53	$10.75	$15.28	$794.72	$825.28	1.90%
$812.50	Sep 25	$3.69	$11.75	$15.44	$797.06	$827.94	1.92%
$797.50	Sep 25	$10.98	$4.47	$15.45	$782.05	$812.95	1.93%
$795.00	Sep 25	$12.53	$3.33	$15.86	$779.14	$810.86	1.98%
$815.00	Sep 25	$2.61	$14.08	$16.69	$798.31	$831.69	2.08%
$790.00	Sep 25	$16.35	$1.88	$18.23	$771.77	$808.23	2.27%
$817.50	Sep 25	$2.14	$16.15	$18.29	$799.21	$835.79	2.28%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 155 found (cheapest 0.47% of stock, avg 5.11%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$815.00	$785.00	Sep 25	$2.61	$1.18	$3.79	$781.21	$818.79
$815.00	$790.00	Sep 25	$2.61	$1.88	$4.49	$785.51	$819.49
$812.50	$785.00	Sep 25	$3.69	$1.18	$4.87	$780.13	$817.37
$815.00	$795.00	Sep 25	$2.61	$3.33	$5.94	$789.06	$820.94
$812.50	$790.00	Sep 25	$3.69	$1.88	$5.57	$784.43	$818.07
$812.50	$795.00	Sep 25	$3.69	$3.33	$7.02	$787.98	$819.52
$810.00	$785.00	Sep 25	$4.53	$1.18	$5.71	$779.29	$815.71
$810.00	$790.00	Sep 25	$4.53	$1.88	$6.41	$783.59	$816.41
$815.00	$797.50	Sep 25	$2.61	$4.47	$7.08	$790.42	$822.08
$810.00	$795.00	Sep 25	$4.53	$3.33	$7.86	$787.14	$817.86

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 199 found (best R:R 2.85, avg credit $1.70)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
695/700	835/840	Oct 9	$3.70	$1.30	61%	2.85	$696.30	$838.70
725/728	822/825	Sep 25	$2.25	$0.25	77%	9.00	$725.25	$824.75
670/675	822/825	Sep 25	$2.59	$2.41	78%	1.07	$672.41	$825.09
725/728	828/830	Sep 25	$1.92	$0.58	82%	3.31	$725.58	$829.42
670/675	828/830	Sep 25	$2.26	$2.74	84%	0.82	$672.74	$829.76
685/690	822/825	Sep 25	$2.57	$2.43	78%	1.06	$687.43	$825.07
685/690	828/830	Sep 25	$2.24	$2.76	83%	0.81	$687.76	$829.74
725/728	818/820	Sep 25	$2.09	$0.41	71%	5.10	$725.41	$819.59
725/728	815/818	Sep 25	$2.15	$0.35	67%	6.14	$725.35	$817.15
725/728	825/828	Sep 25	$1.78	$0.72	81%	2.47	$725.72	$826.78

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 224 found (best R:R 61.50, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$785.00	$790.00	$795.00	Sep 25	$0.08	$4.92	16%	61.50
$760.00	$775.00	$790.00	Oct 30	$0.60	$14.40	11%	24.00
$700.00	$710.00	$720.00	Oct 16	$0.09	$9.91	4%	110.11
$890.00	$900.00	$910.00	Oct 16	$0.11	$9.89	4%	89.91
$835.00	$840.00	$845.00	Oct 2	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$820.00	$825.00	$830.00	Sep 25	$0.15	$4.85	12%	32.33
$830.00	$840.00	$850.00	Oct 16	$0.38	$9.62	10%	25.32
$775.00	$780.00	$785.00	Sep 25	$0.15	$4.85	8%	32.33
$780.00	$785.00	$790.00	Sep 25	$0.24	$4.76	11%	19.83
$765.00	$770.00	$775.00	Oct 9	$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. 220 found (best net $-17.43, 196 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$650.00	$720.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$17.43	$52.57
$700.00	$765.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$3.39	$61.61
$700.00	$742.50	1:2	Sep 25	-$20.05	$22.45
$700.00	$750.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$34.18	$15.82
$765.00	$790.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$13.32	$11.68

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$930.00	$885.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$36.87	$8.13
$795.00	$790.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.43	$4.57
$790.00	$785.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.48	$4.52
$785.00	$780.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.26	$4.74
$780.00	$775.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.10	$4.90

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 135 found (best yield 4.91%, avg 1.29%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$810.00	Nov 6	$39.40	0.50	0.9%	4.91%	5.84%	2	--
$815.00	Oct 30	$34.20	0.48	1.6%	4.26%	5.82%	17	22
$810.00	Oct 30	$36.05	0.50	0.9%	4.49%	5.43%	--	22
$805.00	Oct 30	$38.40	0.52	0.3%	4.79%	5.10%	--	31
$825.00	Oct 30	$29.50	0.45	2.8%	3.68%	6.48%	36	24
$880.00	Nov 6	$17.00	0.29	9.7%	2.12%	11.78%	2	--
$840.00	Oct 30	$24.75	0.39	4.7%	3.08%	7.76%	39	7
$850.00	Oct 30	$22.25	0.36	5.9%	2.77%	8.69%	2	14
$845.00	Oct 30	$22.75	0.38	5.3%	2.83%	8.13%	--	15
$860.00	Oct 30	$19.90	0.33	7.2%	2.48%	9.64%	6	43

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 5,451

Total Puts 5,250

Put/Call Ratio 0.96

Net Difference 201

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 5,320

Total Puts 5,480

Put/Call Ratio 1.03

Net Difference -160

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 66,186

Total Puts 78,017

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.21

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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Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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