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CATERPILLAR INC

$814.49 -1.47%

(9/29 18:01) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/30 3:05pm) 10,521

Calls: 4,192 (40%)

Puts: 6,329 (60%)

Prior (09/29) 10,122

Calls: 5,004 (49%)

Puts: 5,118 (51%)

Current vs Prior +3.94%

Calls: -16.23% (Calls)

Puts: +23.66% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 110,817

Calls: 53,538 (48%)

Puts: 57,279 (52%)

Prior 7-Day Average 15,831

Calls: 7,648 (48%)

Puts: 8,182 (52%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -33.54%

Calls: -45.19%

Puts: -22.65%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/30 3:05pm) $29.22M

Calls: $19.34M (66%)

Puts: $9.88M (34%)

Prior (09/29) $24.91M

Calls: $17.46M (70%)

Puts: $7.45M (30%)

Current vs Prior +17.30%

Calls: +10.77%

Puts: +32.60%

Prior 7-Day Total $232.63M

Calls: $128.97M (55%)

Puts: $103.66M (45%)

Prior 7-Day Average $33.23M

Calls: $18.42M (55%)

Puts: $14.81M (45%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -12.07%

Calls: +4.97%

Puts: -33.26%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/30 3:05pm) 1.51

Prior (09/29) 1.02

Current vs Prior +47.62%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.08

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +40.17%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/30 3:05pm) 228,433

Calls: 112,781 (49%)

Puts: 115,652 (51%)

Prior (09/29) 224,941

Calls: 111,050 (49%)

Puts: 113,891 (51%)

Current vs Prior +1.55%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,802,267

Calls: 883,525 (49%)

Puts: 918,742 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 257,466

Calls: 126,217 (49%)

Puts: 131,248 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -11.28%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 2.65% | 4.75%6.06% | 13.02%

Prior 3.72% | 5.43%6.57% | 13.26%

Current vs Prior -28.88% | -12.55%-7.80% | -1.83%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.15% | 4.60%4.79% | 11.31%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +22.94% | +3.37%+26.54% | +15.05%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.72% | 5.43%6.49% | 13.05%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -28.88% | -12.55%-6.73% | -0.25%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 39.62% | 22.55%

Calls: 32.71% | 24.59%

Puts: 46.52% | 20.51%

Prior 17.43% | 15.36%

Calls: 23.50% | 15.67%

Puts: 11.35% | 15.05%

Current vs Prior +127.31% | +46.81%

Prior 7-Day Avg 49.05% | 22.40%

Calls: 37.43% | 20.86%

Puts: 60.68% | 23.93%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -19.23% | +0.69%

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Moderately bullish flow with 66% call dollar volume ($19.34M). Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.51 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 48% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 32 of results (avg 8.5%, best 5.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$690.00	Nov 6	130.05	137.25	$133.65	5.4%	2	0.91	--
$820.00	Oct 16	21.30	22.50	$21.90	5.5%	44	0.48	773
$700.00	Oct 23	115.60	123.05	$119.32	6.2%	1	0.95	14
$670.00	Oct 16	143.90	154.05	$148.98	6.8%	--	0.99	12
$825.00	Oct 30	35.75	38.40	$37.08	7.1%	2	0.48	44

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$930.00	Oct 16	111.15	118.35	$114.75	6.3%	--	0.95	25
$800.00	Oct 16	15.65	16.80	$16.23	7.1%	5	0.38	751
$950.00	Oct 16	127.85	137.95	$132.90	7.6%	--	1.00	10
$940.00	Oct 16	117.80	128.10	$122.95	8.4%	10	0.95	143
$880.00	Oct 30	76.05	83.35	$79.70	9.2%	--	0.71	35

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.72, cheapest $0.72)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$700.00	Oct 16	0.65	0.78	$0.72	18.1%	26	0.03	900

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 154 found (avg delta 0.74, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$670.00	Oct 16	143.90	154.05	$148.98	6.8%	--	0.99	12
$750.00	Oct 2	62.75	72.70	$67.72	14.7%	4	0.99	22
$720.00	Oct 9	93.60	100.70	$97.15	7.3%	--	0.98	11
$760.00	Oct 2	50.90	59.70	$55.30	15.9%	--	0.98	17
$765.00	Oct 2	48.05	56.50	$52.28	16.2%	--	0.97	11

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$870.00	Oct 2	47.70	57.65	$52.68	18.9%	--	1.00	16
$875.00	Oct 2	52.65	62.65	$57.65	17.3%	--	1.00	12
$880.00	Oct 2	59.70	69.70	$64.70	15.5%	5	1.00	9
$900.00	Oct 2	77.65	87.65	$82.65	12.1%	--	1.00	14
$950.00	Oct 16	127.85	137.95	$132.90	7.6%	--	1.00	10

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 329 active (total vol 5.1K, top 560)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$855.00	Oct 2	0.65	0.95	$0.80	37.5%	170	0.07	238
$850.00	Oct 2	0.63	1.23	$0.93	64.5%	147	0.08	325
$860.00	Oct 2	0.33	0.68	$0.51	68.6%	72	0.05	211
$830.00	Oct 9	10.75	14.80	$12.78	31.7%	62	0.39	63
$840.00	Oct 16	13.60	14.95	$14.27	9.5%	62	0.36	323

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$720.00	Oct 2	0.01	0.13	$0.07	171.4%	560	0.01	102
$760.00	Oct 16	5.20	6.20	$5.70	17.5%	323	0.17	558
$692.50	Oct 2	0.00	0.11	$0.06	183.3%	161	0.00	51
$780.00	Oct 9	4.85	6.10	$5.48	22.8%	160	0.21	101
$785.00	Oct 2	0.72	1.77	$1.25	84.0%	107	0.10	662

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 14 strikes (avg 13.7%, max 19.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$797.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	41.4%	34.8%	19.0%	6	16
$817.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	42.4%	36.2%	17.0%	20	136
$790.00	Oct 2	Oct 23	41.7%	36.0%	15.9%	9	62
$812.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	39.5%	34.7%	13.8%	9	41
$835.00	Oct 2	Oct 23	41.2%	36.2%	13.8%	52	256

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$797.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	41.4%	34.8%	19.0%	2	78
$817.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	42.4%	36.2%	17.0%	3	70
$812.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	39.5%	34.7%	13.8%	9	60
$835.00	Oct 2	Oct 23	41.2%	36.2%	13.8%	--	38
$802.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	38.6%	34.4%	12.5%	2	37

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 327 found (best R:R 0.87, avg 6.60)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$780.00	$785.00	Oct 2	$2.68	$2.32	$2.68	93%	0.87	$782.68
$760.00	$765.00	Oct 2	$3.02	$1.98	$3.02	98%	0.66	$763.02
$770.00	$775.00	Oct 23	$2.10	$2.90	$2.10	76%	1.38	$772.10
$730.00	$740.00	Oct 30	$6.68	$3.32	$6.68	82%	0.50	$736.68
$760.00	$770.00	Oct 30	$5.80	$4.20	$5.80	73%	0.72	$765.80

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$800.00	$790.00	Nov 6	$2.10	$7.90	$2.10	42%	3.76	$797.90
$880.00	$875.00	Oct 30	$2.20	$2.80	$2.20	71%	1.27	$877.80
$845.00	$840.00	Oct 9	$2.29	$2.71	$2.29	73%	1.18	$842.71
$835.00	$830.00	Oct 23	$1.73	$3.27	$1.73	58%	1.89	$833.27
$817.50	$815.00	Oct 16	$0.38	$2.12	$0.38	50%	5.58	$817.12

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 266 found (best R:R 2.05, avg 0.43)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$890.00	$895.00	Oct 23	$3.36	$3.36	$1.64	80%	2.05	$893.36
$955.00	$965.00	Oct 9	$1.85	$1.85	$8.15	94%	0.23	$956.85
$820.00	$822.50	Oct 2	$2.25	$2.25	$0.25	57%	9.00	$822.25
$955.00	$970.00	Oct 23	$1.76	$1.76	$13.24	92%	0.13	$956.76
$820.00	$825.00	Oct 23	$3.45	$3.45	$1.55	50%	2.23	$823.45

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$790.00	$785.00	Oct 30	$3.70	$3.70	$1.30	62%	2.85	$786.30
$790.00	$780.00	Nov 6	$5.45	$5.45	$4.55	62%	1.20	$784.55
$740.00	$735.00	Nov 6	$2.78	$2.78	$2.22	78%	1.25	$737.22
$675.00	$670.00	Oct 23	$1.76	$1.76	$3.24	94%	0.54	$673.24
$685.00	$680.00	Oct 2	$1.61	$1.61	$3.39	95%	0.47	$683.39

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 17 found (avg debit $8.13, cheapest $8.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$820.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$8.00	43.5%	36.0%
$817.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	$7.95	42.4%	36.1%
$810.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$8.33	39.8%	33.4%
$815.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$8.84	40.0%	34.7%
$805.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$8.55	40.0%	34.6%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$820.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$8.90	43.5%	36.0%
$817.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	$8.00	42.4%	36.1%
$810.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$7.12	39.8%	33.4%
$815.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$7.77	40.0%	34.7%
$805.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$7.40	40.0%	34.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 130 found (cheapest 2.42% of stock, avg 7.16%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$815.00	Oct 2	$9.93	$9.78	$19.71	$795.29	$834.71	2.42%
$822.50	Oct 2	$6.05	$13.65	$19.70	$802.80	$842.20	2.42%
$817.50	Oct 2	$9.13	$10.80	$19.93	$797.57	$837.43	2.45%
$812.50	Oct 2	$11.77	$8.43	$20.20	$792.30	$832.70	2.48%
$820.00	Oct 2	$8.30	$12.05	$20.35	$799.65	$840.35	2.50%
$810.00	Oct 2	$13.50	$7.38	$20.88	$789.12	$830.88	2.56%
$805.00	Oct 2	$16.05	$5.50	$21.55	$783.45	$826.55	2.65%
$825.00	Oct 2	$5.40	$16.23	$21.63	$803.37	$846.63	2.66%
$802.50	Oct 2	$17.70	$4.40	$22.10	$780.40	$824.60	2.71%
$830.00	Oct 2	$4.13	$19.15	$23.28	$806.72	$853.28	2.86%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 1.27% of stock, avg 5.49%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$827.50	$805.00	Oct 2	$4.85	$5.50	$10.35	$794.65	$837.85
$825.00	$805.00	Oct 2	$5.40	$5.50	$10.90	$794.10	$835.90
$827.50	$807.50	Oct 2	$4.85	$6.20	$11.05	$796.45	$838.55
$825.00	$807.50	Oct 2	$5.40	$6.20	$11.60	$795.90	$836.60
$822.50	$805.00	Oct 2	$6.05	$5.50	$11.55	$793.45	$834.05
$822.50	$807.50	Oct 2	$6.05	$6.20	$12.25	$795.25	$834.75
$827.50	$810.00	Oct 2	$4.85	$7.38	$12.23	$797.77	$839.73
$825.00	$810.00	Oct 2	$5.40	$7.38	$12.78	$797.22	$837.78
$822.50	$810.00	Oct 2	$6.05	$7.38	$13.43	$796.57	$835.93
$820.00	$805.00	Oct 2	$8.30	$5.50	$13.80	$791.20	$833.80

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 190 found (best R:R 6.25, avg credit $2.60)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
670/675	855/860	Oct 23	$4.31	$0.69	62%	6.25	$670.69	$859.31
660/665	855/860	Oct 23	$4.02	$0.98	62%	4.10	$660.98	$859.02
695/698	830/832	Oct 2	$2.12	$0.38	68%	5.58	$695.38	$832.12
725/728	830/832	Oct 2	$2.18	$0.32	65%	6.81	$725.32	$832.18
695/698	828/830	Oct 2	$2.06	$0.44	64%	4.68	$695.44	$829.56
725/730	855/860	Oct 23	$3.35	$1.65	56%	2.03	$726.65	$858.35
725/728	828/830	Oct 2	$2.12	$0.38	62%	5.58	$725.38	$829.62
680/685	835/840	Oct 2	$2.47	$2.53	73%	0.98	$682.53	$837.47
670/675	860/865	Oct 23	$2.86	$2.14	65%	1.34	$672.14	$862.86
685/690	855/860	Oct 23	$2.94	$2.06	63%	1.43	$687.06	$857.94

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 204 found (best R:R 61.50, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$835.00	$840.00	$845.00	Oct 16	$0.06	$4.94	6%	82.33
$930.00	$940.00	$950.00	Oct 16	$0.06	$9.94	2%	165.67
$855.00	$860.00	$865.00	Oct 9	$0.10	$4.90	5%	49.00
$800.00	$805.00	$810.00	Oct 16	$0.15	$4.85	7%	32.33
$865.00	$870.00	$875.00	Oct 9	$0.08	$4.92	4%	61.50

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$835.00	$840.00	$845.00	Oct 2	$0.08	$4.92	9%	61.50
$770.00	$775.00	$780.00	Oct 16	$0.05	$4.95	6%	99.00
$775.00	$780.00	$785.00	Oct 16	$0.06	$4.94	6%	82.33
$775.00	$780.00	$785.00	Oct 9	$0.09	$4.91	6%	54.56
$765.00	$770.00	$775.00	Oct 9	$0.07	$4.93	5%	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. 193 found (best net $-17.91, 173 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$690.00	$765.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$17.91	$57.09
$700.00	$760.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$16.58	$43.42
$845.00	$850.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.13	$4.87
$950.00	$975.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$2.87	$22.13
$855.00	$860.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.22	$4.78

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$880.00	$845.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$7.26	$27.74
$790.00	$785.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.39	$4.61
$770.00	$765.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.10	$4.90
$785.00	$780.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.35	$4.65
$705.00	$700.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.01	$4.99

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 126 found (best yield 3.74%, avg 1.36%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$845.00	Nov 6	$30.45	0.43	3.8%	3.74%	7.48%	1	1
$815.00	Nov 6	$43.00	0.53	0.1%	5.28%	5.34%	1	1
$855.00	Nov 6	$27.05	0.40	5.0%	3.32%	8.29%	3	--
$840.00	Nov 6	$31.40	0.45	3.1%	3.86%	6.99%	1	--
$850.00	Nov 6	$27.35	0.41	4.4%	3.36%	7.72%	3	4
$860.00	Nov 6	$24.20	0.38	5.6%	2.97%	8.56%	2	3
$870.00	Nov 6	$21.70	0.35	6.8%	2.66%	9.48%	1	4
$825.00	Oct 30	$35.75	0.48	1.3%	4.39%	5.68%	2	44
$830.00	Oct 30	$33.45	0.47	1.9%	4.11%	6.01%	2	54
$820.00	Oct 30	$37.85	0.50	0.7%	4.65%	5.32%	--	32

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 4,192

Total Puts 6,329

Put/Call Ratio 1.51

Net Difference -2,137

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 5,004

Total Puts 5,118

Put/Call Ratio 1.02

Net Difference -114

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 53,538

Total Puts 57,279

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.08

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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