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CATERPILLAR INC

$819.35 -0.27%

(9/25 18:00) ◀

Monday, September 28, 2026 (3:05pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/28 3:05pm) 15,561

Calls: 7,187 (46%)

Puts: 8,374 (54%)

Prior (09/25) 15,367

Calls: 7,144 (46%)

Puts: 8,223 (54%)

Current vs Prior +1.26%

Calls: +0.60% (Calls)

Puts: +1.84% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 121,531

Calls: 60,075 (49%)

Puts: 61,456 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 17,361

Calls: 8,582 (49%)

Puts: 8,779 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -10.37%

Calls: -16.26%

Puts: -4.62%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/28 3:05pm) $26.29M

Calls: $15.29M (58%)

Puts: $11.00M (42%)

Prior (09/25) $18.60M

Calls: $8.93M (48%)

Puts: $9.67M (52%)

Current vs Prior +41.35%

Calls: +71.23%

Puts: +13.75%

Prior 7-Day Total $262.26M

Calls: $137.37M (52%)

Puts: $124.88M (48%)

Prior 7-Day Average $37.47M

Calls: $19.62M (52%)

Puts: $17.84M (48%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -29.83%

Calls: -22.09%

Puts: -38.35%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/28 3:05pm) 1.17

Prior (09/25) 1.15

Current vs Prior +1.23%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.04

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +12.53%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/28 3:05pm) 218,049

Calls: 107,841 (49%)

Puts: 110,208 (51%)

Prior (09/25) 233,664

Calls: 115,701 (50%)

Puts: 117,963 (50%)

Current vs Prior -6.68%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,926,682

Calls: 933,260 (48%)

Puts: 993,422 (52%)

Prior 7-Day Average 275,240

Calls: 133,322 (48%)

Puts: 141,917 (52%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -20.78%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 3.72% | 5.43%6.57% | 13.26%

Prior 1.97% | 4.15%7.03% | 13.27%

Current vs Prior +88.59% | +31.06%-6.52% | -0.08%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.35% | 4.76%4.08% | 10.20%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +58.55% | +14.19%+60.85% | +30.04%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.97% | 4.15%6.55% | 13.16%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +88.59% | +31.06%+0.33% | +0.80%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 17.43% | 15.36%

Calls: 23.50% | 15.67%

Puts: 11.35% | 15.05%

Prior 39.08% | 21.04%

Calls: 37.02% | 18.29%

Puts: 41.13% | 23.78%

Current vs Prior -55.40% | -27.00%

Prior 7-Day Avg 33.20% | 22.58%

Calls: 29.76% | 21.06%

Puts: 36.65% | 24.10%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -47.51% | -31.98%

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Slightly bearish P/C ratio of 1.17.

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Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

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Current BULLISH

Prior BEARISH

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Prior NEUTRAL

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg 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 53 of results (avg 7.7%, best 3.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$840.00	Oct 16	17.45	18.00	$17.73	3.1%	88	0.40	457
$815.00	Oct 16	28.55	30.10	$29.33	5.3%	2	0.55	101
$805.00	Oct 16	34.05	36.15	$35.10	6.0%	2	0.61	18
$825.00	Oct 16	23.45	25.00	$24.23	6.4%	5	0.49	31
$810.00	Oct 16	31.30	33.40	$32.35	6.5%	61	0.58	631

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$805.00	Oct 16	18.30	19.15	$18.73	4.5%	63	0.39	45
$810.00	Oct 23	24.65	25.85	$25.25	4.8%	--	0.42	54
$810.00	Oct 16	20.35	21.35	$20.85	4.8%	11	0.42	415
$820.00	Oct 16	24.70	25.95	$25.33	4.9%	19	0.48	473
$795.00	Oct 16	14.60	15.40	$15.00	5.3%	7	0.33	18

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. 149 found (avg delta 0.72, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$700.00	Oct 2	117.35	128.30	$122.83	8.9%	2	1.00	10
$670.00	Oct 2	147.85	158.25	$153.05	6.8%	2	0.99	2
$725.00	Oct 2	92.10	102.05	$97.07	10.3%	--	0.99	11
$710.00	Oct 2	107.05	118.30	$112.68	10.0%	3	0.99	3
$670.00	Oct 16	147.50	159.35	$153.43	7.7%	2	0.99	10

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$900.00	Oct 2	75.10	82.55	$78.82	9.5%	16	1.00	--
$905.00	Oct 2	79.45	87.25	$83.35	9.4%	6	1.00	--
$895.00	Oct 2	69.15	77.10	$73.13	10.9%	4	0.97	2
$890.00	Oct 2	64.85	72.45	$68.65	11.1%	2	0.97	8
$885.00	Oct 2	59.05	67.70	$63.38	13.6%	8	0.95	4

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 386 active (total vol 8.5K, top 423)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$885.00	Oct 2	0.60	1.17	$0.89	64.0%	423	0.06	44
$820.00	Oct 16	26.35	28.15	$27.25	6.6%	350	0.52	477
$880.00	Oct 2	0.70	1.50	$1.10	72.7%	341	0.07	80
$910.00	Oct 2	0.08	0.67	$0.38	155.3%	282	0.02	37
$850.00	Oct 2	3.60	5.25	$4.43	37.2%	182	0.22	241

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$760.00	Oct 2	0.40	0.75	$0.57	61.4%	319	0.04	518
$765.00	Oct 2	0.53	1.16	$0.85	74.1%	305	0.05	94
$775.00	Oct 2	1.15	1.82	$1.49	45.0%	221	0.09	177
$770.00	Oct 2	0.87	1.43	$1.15	48.7%	150	0.07	241
$785.00	Oct 2	2.17	3.20	$2.69	38.3%	133	0.15	622

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 18 strikes (avg 12.2%, max 21.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$817.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	41.4%	34.1%	21.5%	13	132
$812.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	41.4%	35.2%	17.8%	6	38
$835.00	Oct 2	Oct 23	42.6%	37.2%	14.3%	124	140
$822.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	43.0%	37.7%	14.1%	6	71
$790.00	Oct 2	Oct 23	40.3%	36.3%	11.1%	1	42

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$817.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	41.4%	34.1%	21.5%	21	47
$812.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	41.4%	35.2%	17.8%	11	61
$855.00	Oct 2	Oct 23	41.9%	36.2%	15.7%	4	37
$835.00	Oct 2	Oct 23	42.6%	37.2%	14.3%	1	30
$822.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	43.0%	37.7%	14.1%	5	23

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 321 found (best R:R 0.78, avg 6.76)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$760.00	$775.00	Oct 30	$8.42	$6.58	$8.42	74%	0.78	$768.42
$800.00	$805.00	Oct 30	$1.42	$3.58	$1.42	60%	2.52	$801.42
$850.00	$855.00	Nov 6	$0.63	$4.37	$0.63	43%	6.94	$850.63
$815.00	$820.00	Oct 23	$1.24	$3.76	$1.24	56%	3.03	$816.24
$815.00	$820.00	Oct 30	$1.22	$3.78	$1.22	55%	3.10	$816.22

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$815.00	$810.00	Oct 30	$0.47	$4.53	$0.47	46%	9.64	$814.53
$880.00	$875.00	Oct 23	$2.55	$2.45	$2.55	76%	0.96	$877.45
$855.00	$850.00	Oct 2	$3.02	$1.98	$3.02	83%	0.66	$851.98
$830.00	$825.00	Oct 9	$1.70	$3.30	$1.70	55%	1.94	$828.30
$820.00	$815.00	Nov 6	$1.40	$3.60	$1.40	47%	2.57	$818.60

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 270 found (best R:R 3.50, avg 0.41)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$945.00	$950.00	Oct 2	$1.85	$1.85	$3.15	93%	0.59	$946.85
$905.00	$910.00	Oct 30	$2.68	$2.68	$2.32	74%	1.16	$907.68
$845.00	$850.00	Oct 30	$3.48	$3.48	$1.52	56%	2.29	$848.48
$820.00	$825.00	Oct 23	$3.88	$3.88	$1.12	47%	3.46	$823.88
$965.00	$970.00	Oct 30	$1.87	$1.87	$3.13	85%	0.60	$966.87

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$810.00	$805.00	Nov 6	$3.89	$3.89	$1.11	56%	3.50	$806.11
$712.50	$710.00	Oct 2	$1.74	$1.74	$0.76	94%	2.29	$710.76
$720.00	$715.00	Nov 6	$2.35	$2.35	$2.65	84%	0.89	$717.65
$680.00	$670.00	Oct 9	$1.75	$1.75	$8.25	95%	0.21	$678.25
$800.00	$790.00	Nov 6	$5.28	$5.28	$4.72	60%	1.12	$794.72

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 23 found (avg debit $7.53, cheapest $10.45)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$812.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	$11.58	41.4%	35.2%
$822.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	$7.57	43.0%	37.9%
$820.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$7.75	41.4%	36.8%
$810.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$7.55	41.5%	37.2%
$825.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$7.57	42.9%	38.7%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$817.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	$10.45	41.4%	34.1%
$822.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	$7.63	43.0%	37.9%
$820.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$6.17	41.4%	36.8%
$810.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$6.03	41.5%	37.2%
$825.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$7.50	42.9%	38.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 128 found (cheapest 3.48% of stock, avg 7.60%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$822.50	Oct 2	$13.93	$14.60	$28.53	$793.97	$851.03	3.48%
$825.00	Oct 2	$12.73	$16.08	$28.81	$796.19	$853.81	3.52%
$820.00	Oct 2	$14.95	$14.10	$29.05	$790.95	$849.05	3.55%
$817.50	Oct 2	$16.38	$12.90	$29.28	$788.22	$846.78	3.57%
$830.00	Oct 2	$10.53	$18.90	$29.43	$800.57	$859.43	3.59%
$815.00	Oct 2	$18.02	$11.85	$29.87	$785.13	$844.87	3.65%
$832.50	Oct 2	$9.73	$20.27	$30.00	$802.50	$862.50	3.66%
$812.50	Oct 2	$19.52	$10.73	$30.25	$782.25	$842.75	3.69%
$810.00	Oct 2	$20.98	$9.80	$30.78	$779.22	$840.78	3.76%
$835.00	Oct 2	$8.68	$22.40	$31.08	$803.92	$866.08	3.79%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 2.38% of stock, avg 6.14%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$832.50	$810.00	Oct 2	$9.73	$9.80	$19.53	$790.47	$852.03
$832.50	$812.50	Oct 2	$9.73	$10.73	$20.46	$792.04	$852.96
$830.00	$810.00	Oct 2	$10.53	$9.80	$20.33	$789.67	$850.33
$830.00	$812.50	Oct 2	$10.53	$10.73	$21.26	$791.24	$851.26
$832.50	$815.00	Oct 2	$9.73	$11.85	$21.58	$793.42	$854.08
$827.50	$810.00	Oct 2	$11.63	$9.80	$21.43	$788.57	$848.93
$830.00	$815.00	Oct 2	$10.53	$11.85	$22.38	$792.62	$852.38
$827.50	$812.50	Oct 2	$11.63	$10.73	$22.36	$790.14	$849.86
$827.50	$815.00	Oct 2	$11.63	$11.85	$23.48	$791.52	$850.98
$832.50	$817.50	Oct 2	$9.73	$12.90	$22.63	$794.87	$855.13

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 150 found (best R:R 4.49, avg credit $2.16)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
660/665	865/870	Oct 23	$4.09	$0.91	63%	4.49	$660.91	$869.09
690/695	865/870	Oct 23	$3.80	$1.20	62%	3.17	$691.20	$868.80
720/725	865/870	Oct 23	$3.37	$1.63	58%	2.07	$721.63	$868.37
710/712	850/855	Oct 2	$2.66	$2.34	72%	1.14	$709.84	$852.66
710/712	845/850	Oct 2	$2.86	$2.14	68%	1.34	$709.64	$847.86
700/705	865/870	Oct 23	$2.93	$2.07	62%	1.42	$702.07	$867.93
672/675	850/855	Oct 2	$2.30	$2.70	74%	0.85	$672.70	$852.30
705/710	865/870	Oct 23	$2.95	$2.05	61%	1.44	$707.05	$867.95
672/675	845/850	Oct 2	$2.50	$2.50	70%	1.00	$672.50	$847.50
710/712	840/845	Oct 2	$2.79	$2.21	64%	1.26	$709.71	$842.79

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 204 found (best R:R 70.43, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$850.00	$855.00	$860.00	Oct 2	$0.07	$4.93	7%	70.43
$940.00	$950.00	$960.00	Oct 16	$0.09	$9.91	4%	110.11
$790.00	$795.00	$800.00	Oct 9	$0.08	$4.92	6%	61.50
$850.00	$855.00	$860.00	Oct 16	$0.07	$4.93	5%	70.43
$795.00	$800.00	$805.00	Oct 23	$0.10	$4.90	5%	49.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$710.00	$720.00	$730.00	Oct 16	$0.08	$9.92	3%	124.00
$760.00	$765.00	$770.00	Oct 23	$0.05	$4.95	4%	99.00
$765.00	$770.00	$775.00	Oct 23	$0.08	$4.92	4%	61.50
$750.00	$755.00	$760.00	Oct 16	$0.07	$4.93	3%	70.43
$755.00	$760.00	$765.00	Oct 30	$0.07	$4.93	3%	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. 171 found (best net $-16.30, 160 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$720.00	$760.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$31.20	$8.80
$870.00	$910.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$6.21	$33.79
$950.00	$960.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.32	$9.68
$940.00	$945.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.11	$4.89
$895.00	$900.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.22	$4.78

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$880.00	$850.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$16.30	$13.70
$705.00	$675.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$1.52	$28.48
$695.00	$690.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.08	$4.92
$685.00	$680.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.05	$4.95
$730.00	$727.50	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.02	$2.48

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 128 found (best yield 4.88%, avg 1.48%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$830.00	Nov 6	$39.95	0.50	1.3%	4.88%	6.18%	5	1
$850.00	Nov 6	$30.80	0.43	3.7%	3.76%	7.50%	2	3
$825.00	Nov 6	$40.60	0.51	0.7%	4.96%	5.64%	5	--
$820.00	Nov 6	$43.10	0.53	0.1%	5.26%	5.34%	1	--
$855.00	Nov 6	$28.35	0.42	4.3%	3.46%	7.81%	2	1
$870.00	Nov 6	$24.55	0.37	6.2%	3.00%	9.18%	4	--
$840.00	Oct 30	$33.35	0.46	2.5%	4.07%	6.59%	--	31
$845.00	Oct 30	$31.25	0.45	3.1%	3.81%	6.94%	2	14
$825.00	Oct 30	$39.70	0.51	0.7%	4.85%	5.53%	5	41
$850.00	Oct 30	$29.60	0.42	3.7%	3.61%	7.35%	8	24

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 7,187

Total Puts 8,374

Put/Call Ratio 1.17

Net Difference -1,187

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 7,144

Total Puts 8,223

Put/Call Ratio 1.15

Net Difference -1,079

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 60,075

Total Puts 61,456

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.04

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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Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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