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CATERPILLAR INC

$825.55 +0.68%

(9/28 02:41) ◀

Tuesday, September 29, 2026 (3:05pm)

▶ (9/29 18:01)

◀ 9/29 15:05 ▶

Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/29 3:05pm) 10,122

Calls: 5,004 (49%)

Puts: 5,118 (51%)

Prior (09/28) 15,561

Calls: 7,187 (46%)

Puts: 8,374 (54%)

Current vs Prior -34.95%

Calls: -30.37% (Calls)

Puts: -38.88% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 121,733

Calls: 59,891 (49%)

Puts: 61,842 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 17,390

Calls: 8,555 (49%)

Puts: 8,834 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -41.80%

Calls: -41.51%

Puts: -42.07%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/29 3:05pm) $24.91M

Calls: $17.46M (70%)

Puts: $7.45M (30%)

Prior (09/28) $26.29M

Calls: $15.29M (58%)

Puts: $11.00M (42%)

Current vs Prior -5.23%

Calls: +14.19%

Puts: -32.24%

Prior 7-Day Total $249.57M

Calls: $131.53M (53%)

Puts: $118.03M (47%)

Prior 7-Day Average $35.65M

Calls: $18.79M (53%)

Puts: $16.86M (47%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -30.12%

Calls: -7.08%

Puts: -55.80%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/29 3:05pm) 1.02

Prior (09/28) 1.17

Current vs Prior -12.22%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.05

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -2.32%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/29 3:05pm) 224,941

Calls: 111,050 (49%)

Puts: 113,891 (51%)

Prior (09/28) 218,049

Calls: 107,841 (49%)

Puts: 110,208 (51%)

Current vs Prior +3.16%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,867,863

Calls: 911,150 (49%)

Puts: 956,713 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 266,837

Calls: 130,164 (49%)

Puts: 136,673 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -15.70%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 3.29% | 5.35%6.41% | 12.99%

Prior 0.57% | 3.73%6.66% | 13.30%

Current vs Prior +473.77% | +43.47%-3.78% | -2.31%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.14% | 4.62%4.37% | 10.72%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +53.40% | +15.72%+46.77% | +21.24%

Prior 7-Day Eod 0.57% | 3.73%6.60% | 13.09%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +473.77% | +43.47%-2.84% | -0.76%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 25.40% | 13.93%

Calls: 9.96% | 5.82%

Puts: 40.84% | 22.03%

Prior 153.75% | 24.25%

Calls: 87.50% | 19.22%

Puts: 220.00% | 29.28%

Current vs Prior -83.48% | -42.56%

Prior 7-Day Avg 48.85% | 23.90%

Calls: 36.22% | 21.76%

Puts: 61.49% | 26.04%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -48.01% | -41.73%

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Moderately bullish flow with 70% call dollar volume ($17.46M). Slightly bearish P/C ratio of 1.02.

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Current NEUTRAL

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 51 of results (avg 7.9%, best 4.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$825.00	Oct 9	20.85	22.10	$21.48	5.8%	43	0.52	70
$810.00	Oct 16	34.25	36.35	$35.30	5.9%	15	0.61	644
$670.00	Oct 16	151.30	161.40	$156.35	6.5%	--	1.00	12
$820.00	Oct 16	28.40	30.45	$29.42	7.0%	69	0.55	756
$790.00	Oct 23	51.30	55.15	$53.22	7.2%	31	0.69	26

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$812.50	Oct 16	18.50	19.25	$18.88	4.0%	22	0.41	38
$810.00	Oct 16	17.55	18.40	$17.98	4.7%	9	0.39	413
$900.00	Oct 2	70.70	75.20	$72.95	6.2%	--	1.00	14
$815.00	Oct 16	19.45	20.70	$20.08	6.2%	1	0.42	20
$825.00	Oct 16	23.95	25.50	$24.73	6.3%	1	0.49	15

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. 147 found (avg delta 0.73, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$670.00	Oct 16	151.30	161.40	$156.35	6.5%	--	1.00	12
$700.00	Oct 16	121.90	133.45	$127.68	9.0%	1	1.00	17
$710.00	Oct 2	109.95	122.00	$115.98	10.4%	2	1.00	5
$750.00	Oct 2	70.25	80.25	$75.25	13.3%	2	0.99	21
$725.00	Oct 2	94.95	104.25	$99.60	9.3%	--	0.98	11

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$900.00	Oct 2	70.70	75.20	$72.95	6.2%	--	1.00	14
$950.00	Oct 16	121.05	131.00	$126.03	7.9%	--	0.95	10
$940.00	Oct 16	109.45	121.35	$115.40	10.3%	--	0.94	143
$875.00	Oct 2	46.45	52.05	$49.25	11.4%	4	0.93	11
$930.00	Oct 16	101.25	111.80	$106.53	9.9%	--	0.92	25

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 345 active (total vol 4.7K, top 115)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$850.00	Oct 2	3.60	4.80	$4.20	28.6%	109	0.23	276
$890.00	Oct 2	0.19	0.72	$0.45	117.8%	106	0.04	156
$775.00	Oct 9	52.05	59.50	$55.78	13.4%	99	0.85	8
$825.00	Oct 2	12.40	13.70	$13.05	10.0%	96	0.52	590
$770.00	Oct 9	56.25	63.70	$59.98	12.4%	89	0.87	3

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$810.00	Oct 2	5.65	6.60	$6.13	15.5%	115	0.30	164
$790.00	Oct 2	1.80	2.50	$2.15	32.6%	88	0.13	98
$755.00	Oct 2	0.15	0.40	$0.28	89.3%	87	0.02	96
$700.00	Oct 2	0.01	0.10	$0.06	150.0%	86	0.00	155
$765.00	Oct 9	2.41	3.30	$2.86	31.1%	84	0.11	31

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 23 strikes (avg 14.4%, max 36.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$822.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	45.9%	33.6%	36.5%	4	75
$817.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	46.5%	34.8%	33.3%	4	134
$812.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	42.6%	35.4%	20.4%	1	40
$802.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	42.9%	38.3%	12.0%	2	25
$855.00	Oct 2	Oct 23	43.3%	39.6%	9.5%	20	238

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$822.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	45.9%	33.6%	36.5%	5	23
$817.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	46.5%	34.8%	33.3%	12	63
$797.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	43.5%	35.8%	21.4%	14	69
$812.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	42.6%	35.4%	20.4%	39	68
$810.00	Oct 2	Oct 23	42.3%	35.5%	19.2%	117	218

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 332 found (best R:R 2.33, avg 6.99)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$770.00	$775.00	Oct 23	$1.55	$3.45	$1.55	78%	2.23	$771.55
$780.00	$785.00	Oct 23	$1.88	$3.12	$1.88	74%	1.66	$781.88
$810.00	$860.00	Nov 6	$22.05	$27.95	$22.05	57%	1.27	$832.05
$797.50	$800.00	Oct 16	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	68%	19.83	$797.62
$825.00	$830.00	Oct 23	$1.10	$3.90	$1.10	52%	3.55	$826.10

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$860.00	$855.00	Oct 2	$1.50	$3.50	$1.50	84%	2.33	$858.50
$870.00	$865.00	Oct 23	$1.88	$3.12	$1.88	69%	1.66	$868.12
$830.00	$825.00	Oct 30	$1.18	$3.82	$1.18	50%	3.24	$828.82
$810.00	$805.00	Oct 23	$0.72	$4.28	$0.72	40%	5.94	$809.28
$870.00	$865.00	Oct 16	$2.60	$2.40	$2.60	74%	0.92	$867.40

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 276 found (best R:R 0.61, avg 0.41)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$835.00	$840.00	Oct 30	$4.15	$4.15	$0.85	51%	4.88	$839.15
$855.00	$860.00	Oct 23	$3.52	$3.52	$1.48	62%	2.38	$858.52
$910.00	$915.00	Oct 9	$1.67	$1.67	$3.33	89%	0.50	$911.67
$830.00	$835.00	Oct 23	$3.40	$3.40	$1.60	50%	2.13	$833.40
$905.00	$910.00	Oct 30	$2.17	$2.17	$2.83	74%	0.77	$907.17

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$675.00	$670.00	Oct 23	$1.90	$1.90	$3.10	95%	0.61	$673.10
$740.00	$730.00	Nov 6	$3.50	$3.50	$6.50	79%	0.54	$736.50
$815.00	$810.00	Oct 23	$3.68	$3.68	$1.32	57%	2.79	$811.32
$685.00	$680.00	Oct 2	$1.65	$1.65	$3.35	95%	0.49	$683.35
$800.00	$790.00	Nov 6	$5.19	$5.19	$4.81	60%	1.08	$794.81

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 18 found (avg debit $8.20, cheapest $6.40)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$822.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	$8.37	45.9%	36.6%
$817.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	$7.52	46.5%	38.5%
$812.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	$8.07	42.6%	38.1%
$815.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$7.48	42.1%	37.8%
$835.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$7.90	42.6%	38.7%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$822.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	$6.40	45.9%	36.6%
$817.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	$7.15	46.5%	38.5%
$835.00	Oct 2	Oct 16	$11.87	42.6%	37.2%
$812.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	$7.75	42.6%	38.1%
$815.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$7.90	42.1%	37.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 125 found (cheapest 2.98% of stock, avg 7.32%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$825.00	Oct 2	$13.05	$11.58	$24.63	$800.37	$849.63	2.98%
$820.00	Oct 2	$16.08	$9.20	$25.28	$794.72	$845.28	3.06%
$830.00	Oct 2	$11.35	$14.50	$25.85	$804.15	$855.85	3.13%
$835.00	Oct 2	$8.98	$17.58	$26.56	$808.44	$861.56	3.22%
$822.50	Oct 2	$14.80	$12.02	$26.82	$795.68	$849.32	3.25%
$840.00	Oct 2	$7.20	$20.43	$27.63	$812.37	$867.63	3.35%
$815.00	Oct 2	$20.27	$7.78	$28.05	$786.95	$843.05	3.40%
$812.50	Oct 2	$21.23	$7.03	$28.26	$784.24	$840.76	3.42%
$817.50	Oct 2	$18.23	$10.00	$28.23	$789.27	$845.73	3.42%
$810.00	Oct 2	$22.73	$6.13	$28.86	$781.14	$838.86	3.50%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 1.81% of stock, avg 5.64%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$840.00	$815.00	Oct 2	$7.20	$7.78	$14.98	$800.02	$854.98
$835.00	$815.00	Oct 2	$8.98	$7.78	$16.76	$798.24	$851.76
$840.00	$820.00	Oct 2	$7.20	$9.20	$16.40	$803.60	$856.40
$840.00	$817.50	Oct 2	$7.20	$10.00	$17.20	$800.30	$857.20
$835.00	$820.00	Oct 2	$8.98	$9.20	$18.18	$801.82	$853.18
$832.50	$815.00	Oct 2	$9.82	$7.78	$17.60	$797.40	$850.10
$835.00	$817.50	Oct 2	$8.98	$10.00	$18.98	$798.52	$853.98
$832.50	$820.00	Oct 2	$9.82	$9.20	$19.02	$800.98	$851.52
$832.50	$817.50	Oct 2	$9.82	$10.00	$19.82	$797.68	$852.32
$830.00	$815.00	Oct 2	$11.35	$7.78	$19.13	$795.87	$849.13

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 290 found (best R:R 3.27, avg credit $2.26)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
670/675	875/880	Oct 23	$3.83	$1.17	66%	3.27	$671.17	$878.83
670/675	860/865	Oct 23	$3.90	$1.10	60%	3.55	$671.10	$863.90
670/675	870/875	Oct 23	$3.68	$1.32	64%	2.79	$671.32	$873.68
725/730	875/880	Oct 23	$3.74	$1.26	60%	2.97	$726.26	$878.74
680/685	845/850	Oct 2	$3.28	$1.72	66%	1.91	$681.72	$848.28
725/730	860/865	Oct 23	$3.81	$1.19	54%	3.20	$726.19	$863.81
725/730	870/875	Oct 23	$3.59	$1.41	58%	2.55	$726.41	$873.59
700/705	860/865	Oct 9	$2.99	$2.01	68%	1.49	$702.01	$862.99
680/685	865/870	Oct 2	$2.26	$2.74	82%	0.82	$682.74	$867.26
670/675	845/850	Oct 2	$2.94	$2.06	67%	1.43	$672.06	$847.94

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 200 found (best R:R 124.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$890.00	$900.00	$910.00	Oct 16	$0.08	$9.92	6%	124.00
$855.00	$860.00	$865.00	Oct 2	$0.08	$4.92	7%	61.50
$860.00	$865.00	$870.00	Oct 2	$0.08	$4.92	6%	61.50
$840.00	$845.00	$850.00	Oct 23	$0.05	$4.95	5%	99.00
$850.00	$855.00	$860.00	Oct 9	$0.12	$4.88	7%	40.67

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$825.00	$830.00	$835.00	Oct 2	$0.16	$4.84	12%	30.25
$820.00	$825.00	$830.00	Oct 23	$0.08	$4.92	5%	61.50
$840.00	$845.00	$850.00	Oct 2	$0.26	$4.74	11%	18.23
$775.00	$780.00	$785.00	Oct 16	$0.10	$4.90	5%	49.00
$750.00	$755.00	$760.00	Oct 23	$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. 194 found (best net $-12.90, 179 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$700.00	$765.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$12.90	$52.10
$810.00	$860.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$9.75	$40.25
$720.00	$760.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$30.51	$9.49
$975.00	$980.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.05	$4.95
$895.00	$900.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.03	$4.97

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$880.00	$820.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$8.03	$51.97
$880.00	$850.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$10.01	$19.99
$700.00	$675.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$1.53	$23.47
$765.00	$760.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.09	$4.91
$742.50	$740.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.01	$2.49

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 116 found (best yield 3.56%, avg 1.29%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$860.00	Nov 6	$29.40	0.40	4.2%	3.56%	7.73%	4	--
$870.00	Nov 6	$25.35	0.37	5.4%	3.07%	8.45%	2	2
$835.00	Oct 30	$36.55	0.49	1.1%	4.43%	5.57%	2	4
$830.00	Oct 30	$38.50	0.50	0.5%	4.66%	5.20%	2	54
$880.00	Nov 6	$22.10	0.34	6.6%	2.68%	9.27%	1	3
$845.00	Oct 30	$31.75	0.45	2.4%	3.85%	6.20%	7	16
$860.00	Oct 30	$25.90	0.40	4.2%	3.14%	7.31%	2	44
$850.00	Oct 30	$29.15	0.43	3.0%	3.53%	6.49%	4	28
$840.00	Oct 30	$32.65	0.47	1.8%	3.95%	5.71%	--	31
$865.00	Oct 30	$24.35	0.38	4.8%	2.95%	7.73%	--	42

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 5,004

Total Puts 5,118

Put/Call Ratio 1.02

Net Difference -114

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 7,187

Total Puts 8,374

Put/Call Ratio 1.17

Net Difference -1,187

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 59,891

Total Puts 61,842

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.05

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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