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CATERPILLAR INC

$817.11 +1.47%

(9/24 18:01) ◀

Friday, September 25, 2026 (3:05pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/25 3:05pm) 15,367

Calls: 7,144 (46%)

Puts: 8,223 (54%)

Prior (09/24) 10,701

Calls: 5,451 (51%)

Puts: 5,250 (49%)

Current vs Prior +43.60%

Calls: +31.06% (Calls)

Puts: +56.63% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 131,273

Calls: 63,122 (48%)

Puts: 68,151 (52%)

Prior 7-Day Average 18,753

Calls: 9,017 (48%)

Puts: 9,735 (52%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -18.06%

Calls: -20.78%

Puts: -15.54%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/25 3:05pm) $18.60M

Calls: $8.93M (48%)

Puts: $9.67M (52%)

Prior (09/24) $21.10M

Calls: $11.28M (53%)

Puts: $9.83M (47%)

Current vs Prior -11.88%

Calls: -20.81%

Puts: -1.62%

Prior 7-Day Total $264.40M

Calls: $137.83M (52%)

Puts: $126.57M (48%)

Prior 7-Day Average $37.77M

Calls: $19.69M (52%)

Puts: $18.08M (48%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -50.76%

Calls: -54.65%

Puts: -46.53%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/25 3:05pm) 1.15

Prior (09/24) 0.96

Current vs Prior +19.51%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.10

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +4.76%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/25 3:05pm) 233,664

Calls: 115,701 (50%)

Puts: 117,963 (50%)

Prior (09/24) 230,870

Calls: 114,279 (49%)

Puts: 116,591 (51%)

Current vs Prior +1.21%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,983,974

Calls: 954,079 (48%)

Puts: 1,029,895 (52%)

Prior 7-Day Average 283,424

Calls: 136,297 (48%)

Puts: 147,127 (52%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -17.56%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 0.57% | 3.73%6.66% | 13.30%

Prior 2.89% | 4.87%7.33% | 13.57%

Current vs Prior -80.19% | -23.40%-9.10% | -2.00%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.41% | 4.92%3.84% | 9.73%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -76.26% | -24.23%+73.71% | +36.63%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.89% | 4.87%7.01% | 13.46%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -80.19% | -23.40%-4.91% | -1.18%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 153.75% | 24.25%

Calls: 87.50% | 19.22%

Puts: 220.00% | 29.28%

Prior 23.49% | 9.48%

Calls: 21.02% | 12.25%

Puts: 25.97% | 6.72%

Current vs Prior +554.53% | +155.80%

Prior 7-Day Avg 31.15% | 21.99%

Calls: 26.92% | 21.89%

Puts: 35.39% | 22.09%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +393.58% | +10.28%

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Current BEARISH

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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 47 of results (avg 8.0%, best 4.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$830.00	Oct 16	20.85	21.85	$21.35	4.7%	23	0.44	358
$820.00	Oct 16	25.35	26.60	$25.98	4.8%	38	0.50	462
$835.00	Oct 16	18.85	19.80	$19.33	4.9%	6	0.41	9
$840.00	Oct 16	16.95	18.00	$17.48	6.0%	13	0.39	458
$810.00	Oct 16	29.75	31.95	$30.85	7.1%	11	0.56	634

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$817.50	Oct 16	25.20	26.30	$25.75	4.3%	2	0.49	25
$800.00	Oct 16	17.65	18.70	$18.17	5.8%	101	0.38	749
$790.00	Oct 16	14.15	15.00	$14.58	5.8%	31	0.32	413
$795.00	Oct 16	15.75	16.70	$16.23	5.9%	3	0.35	19
$890.00	Oct 16	73.30	78.35	$75.82	6.7%	11	0.84	82

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.32, cheapest $0.32)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$660.00	Oct 16	0.30	0.33	$0.32	9.4%	7	0.01	385

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 180 found (avg delta 0.76, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$742.50	Sep 25	69.55	78.30	$73.93	11.8%	1	1.00	1
$750.00	Sep 25	63.05	71.00	$67.03	11.9%	7	1.00	31
$755.00	Sep 25	57.35	66.15	$61.75	14.3%	1	1.00	3
$760.00	Sep 25	51.35	60.25	$55.80	15.9%	--	1.00	27
$765.00	Sep 25	47.60	56.10	$51.85	16.4%	1	1.00	13

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$850.00	Sep 25	29.30	38.10	$33.70	26.1%	3	0.99	1
$830.00	Sep 25	8.55	15.95	$12.25	60.4%	14	0.97	35
$895.00	Oct 2	73.45	82.25	$77.85	11.3%	4	0.96	--
$950.00	Oct 16	127.75	138.90	$133.32	8.4%	2	0.95	10
$825.00	Sep 25	5.10	12.30	$8.70	82.8%	1	0.94	35

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 445 active (total vol 10.9K, top 490)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$825.00	Sep 25	0.04	0.20	$0.12	133.3%	258	0.06	151
$820.00	Sep 25	0.18	0.81	$0.50	126.0%	242	0.22	258
$900.00	Oct 2	0.30	0.52	$0.41	53.7%	217	0.03	310
$830.00	Sep 25	0.01	0.15	$0.08	175.0%	208	0.03	459
$830.00	Oct 2	9.20	10.05	$9.63	8.8%	202	0.39	198

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$740.00	Oct 16	3.50	4.20	$3.85	18.2%	490	0.11	833
$785.00	Sep 25	0.01	0.05	$0.03	133.3%	345	0.01	469
$760.00	Sep 25	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	340	0.00	863
$730.00	Oct 16	2.58	3.20	$2.89	21.5%	309	0.09	1.4K
$770.00	Oct 2	1.62	2.35	$1.99	36.7%	303	0.10	132

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 5 strikes (avg 14.1%, max 29.3%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$817.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	42.4%	32.8%	29.3%	74	94
$815.00	Sep 25	Oct 30	42.8%	40.7%	5.2%	101	546

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$817.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	42.4%	32.8%	29.3%	16	54
$815.00	Sep 25	Nov 6	42.8%	41.2%	3.9%	115	39
$890.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	34.5%	33.6%	2.6%	11	92

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 339 found (best R:R 0.67, avg 6.71)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$730.00	$830.00	Nov 6	$59.95	$40.05	$59.95	81%	0.67	$789.95
$810.00	$815.00	Oct 23	$0.93	$4.07	$0.93	56%	4.38	$810.93
$790.00	$795.00	Oct 23	$1.50	$3.50	$1.50	67%	2.33	$791.50
$780.00	$785.00	Oct 16	$1.85	$3.15	$1.85	73%	1.70	$781.85
$825.00	$830.00	Oct 9	$0.47	$4.53	$0.47	46%	9.64	$825.47

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$810.00	$805.00	Oct 23	$0.60	$4.40	$0.60	44%	7.33	$809.40
$830.00	$825.00	Oct 2	$1.94	$3.06	$1.94	62%	1.58	$828.06
$820.00	$815.00	Oct 23	$1.45	$3.55	$1.45	49%	2.45	$818.55
$770.00	$765.00	Oct 23	$0.32	$4.68	$0.32	24%	14.62	$769.68
$805.00	$802.50	Oct 9	$0.18	$2.32	$0.18	40%	12.89	$804.82

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 279 found (best R:R 0.93, avg 0.46)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$870.00	$875.00	Sep 25	$2.14	$2.14	$2.86	89%	0.75	$872.14
$860.00	$865.00	Oct 23	$3.20	$3.20	$1.80	67%	1.78	$863.20
$965.00	$970.00	Oct 2	$1.76	$1.76	$3.24	94%	0.54	$966.76
$915.00	$920.00	Oct 23	$2.13	$2.13	$2.87	85%	0.74	$917.13
$925.00	$930.00	Sep 25	$1.58	$1.58	$3.42	93%	0.46	$926.58

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$815.00	$780.00	Nov 6	$16.88	$16.88	$18.12	53%	0.93	$798.12
$732.50	$730.00	Sep 25	$2.14	$2.14	$0.36	93%	5.94	$730.36
$695.00	$690.00	Oct 2	$2.02	$2.02	$2.98	94%	0.68	$692.98
$685.00	$680.00	Oct 2	$2.01	$2.01	$2.99	95%	0.67	$682.99
$745.00	$742.50	Sep 25	$1.88	$1.88	$0.62	92%	3.03	$743.12

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 6 found (avg debit $10.97, cheapest $11.86)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$817.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$13.91	42.4%	31.4%
$802.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	$6.55	34.7%	35.4%

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$815.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$11.86	42.8%	31.5%
$817.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$11.98	42.4%	31.4%
$802.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	$6.77	34.7%	35.4%
$835.00	Oct 2	Oct 23	$14.73	32.0%	35.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 151 found (cheapest 0.39% of stock, avg 6.90%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$817.50	Sep 25	$1.36	$1.85	$3.21	$814.29	$820.71	0.39%
$815.00	Sep 25	$2.83	$0.79	$3.62	$811.38	$818.62	0.44%
$820.00	Sep 25	$0.50	$3.24	$3.74	$816.26	$823.74	0.46%
$822.50	Sep 25	$0.17	$5.74	$5.91	$816.59	$828.41	0.72%
$812.50	Sep 25	$5.96	$0.24	$6.20	$806.30	$818.70	0.76%
$810.00	Sep 25	$7.45	$0.22	$7.67	$802.33	$817.67	0.94%
$825.00	Sep 25	$0.12	$8.70	$8.82	$816.18	$833.82	1.08%
$807.50	Sep 25	$9.65	$0.16	$9.81	$797.69	$817.31	1.20%
$805.00	Sep 25	$11.75	$0.11	$11.86	$793.14	$816.86	1.45%
$830.00	Sep 25	$0.08	$12.25	$12.33	$817.67	$842.33	1.51%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.05% of stock, avg 5.15%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$822.50	$810.00	Sep 25	$0.17	$0.22	$0.39	$809.61	$822.89
$822.50	$812.50	Sep 25	$0.17	$0.24	$0.41	$812.09	$822.91
$820.00	$812.50	Sep 25	$0.50	$0.24	$0.74	$811.76	$820.74
$820.00	$810.00	Sep 25	$0.50	$0.22	$0.72	$809.28	$820.72
$822.50	$815.00	Sep 25	$0.17	$0.79	$0.96	$814.04	$823.46
$820.00	$815.00	Sep 25	$0.50	$0.79	$1.29	$813.71	$821.29
$822.50	$747.50	Sep 25	$0.17	$2.15	$2.32	$745.18	$824.82
$915.00	$810.00	Sep 25	$2.15	$0.22	$2.37	$807.63	$917.37
$870.00	$812.50	Sep 25	$2.15	$0.24	$2.39	$810.11	$872.39
$870.00	$810.00	Sep 25	$2.15	$0.22	$2.37	$807.63	$872.37

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 180 found (best R:R 21.73, avg credit $2.89)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
725/728	885/890	Sep 25	$4.78	$0.22	84%	21.73	$722.72	$889.78
730/732	870/875	Sep 25	$4.28	$0.72	82%	5.94	$728.22	$874.28
725/728	890/900	Sep 25	$4.54	$5.46	87%	0.83	$722.96	$894.54
710/715	870/875	Sep 25	$3.95	$1.05	83%	3.76	$711.05	$873.95
742/745	870/875	Sep 25	$4.02	$0.98	81%	4.10	$740.98	$874.02
730/732	925/930	Sep 25	$3.72	$1.28	85%	2.91	$728.78	$928.72
710/715	925/930	Sep 25	$3.39	$1.61	86%	2.11	$711.61	$928.39
742/745	925/930	Sep 25	$3.46	$1.54	84%	2.25	$741.54	$928.46
660/665	860/865	Oct 23	$4.56	$0.44	62%	10.36	$660.44	$864.56
730/732	885/890	Sep 25	$2.67	$2.33	88%	1.15	$729.83	$887.67

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 221 found (best R:R 37.46, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$815.00	$817.50	$820.00	Sep 25	$0.61	$1.89	49%	3.10
$890.00	$900.00	$910.00	Oct 16	$0.18	$9.82	5%	54.56
$910.00	$920.00	$930.00	Oct 16	$0.12	$9.88	4%	82.33
$735.00	$742.50	$750.00	Sep 25	$0.27	$7.23	8%	26.78
$850.00	$855.00	$860.00	Oct 16	$0.10	$4.90	5%	49.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$680.00	$700.00	$720.00	Nov 6	$0.52	$19.48	9%	37.46
$815.00	$817.50	$820.00	Sep 25	$0.33	$2.17	47%	6.58
$812.50	$815.00	$817.50	Sep 25	$0.51	$1.99	43%	3.90
$780.00	$785.00	$790.00	Oct 2	$0.06	$4.94	7%	82.33
$785.00	$790.00	$795.00	Oct 16	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 250 found (best net $-12.57, 218 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$720.00	$760.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$29.11	$10.89
$910.00	$955.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$1.24	$43.76
$970.00	$980.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.05	$9.95
$910.00	$920.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.13	$9.87
$822.50	$825.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.07	$2.43

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$880.00	$845.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$12.57	$22.43
$815.00	$780.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$11.97	$23.03
$822.50	$820.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.74	$1.76
$820.00	$817.50	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.46	$2.04
$810.00	$807.50	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.10	$2.40

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 126 found (best yield 4.48%, avg 1.33%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$830.00	Nov 6	$36.60	0.48	1.6%	4.48%	6.06%	2	--
$845.00	Nov 6	$29.85	0.43	3.4%	3.65%	7.07%	2	--
$850.00	Nov 6	$28.10	0.41	4.0%	3.44%	7.46%	3	--
$855.00	Nov 6	$25.90	0.40	4.6%	3.17%	7.81%	2	--
$840.00	Oct 30	$30.70	0.45	2.8%	3.76%	6.56%	4	27
$825.00	Oct 30	$36.65	0.50	1.0%	4.49%	5.45%	6	39
$880.00	Nov 6	$19.80	0.33	7.7%	2.42%	10.12%	1	2
$820.00	Oct 30	$38.85	0.52	0.3%	4.75%	5.11%	5	15
$845.00	Oct 30	$28.10	0.43	3.4%	3.44%	6.85%	2	15
$875.00	Oct 30	$20.80	0.33	7.1%	2.55%	9.63%	1	11

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 7,144

Total Puts 8,223

Put/Call Ratio 1.15

Net Difference -1,079

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 5,451

Total Puts 5,250

Put/Call Ratio 0.96

Net Difference 201

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 63,122

Total Puts 68,151

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.10

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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