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CATERPILLAR INC

$823.87 +1.61%

(9/30 23:31) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/01 3:05pm) 16,886

Calls: 8,817 (52%)

Puts: 8,069 (48%)

Prior (09/30) 10,521

Calls: 4,192 (40%)

Puts: 6,329 (60%)

Current vs Prior +60.50%

Calls: +110.33% (Calls)

Puts: +27.49% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 106,094

Calls: 49,455 (47%)

Puts: 56,639 (53%)

Prior 7-Day Average 15,156

Calls: 7,065 (47%)

Puts: 8,091 (53%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +11.41%

Calls: +24.80%

Puts: -0.28%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/01 3:05pm) $28.58M

Calls: $16.83M (59%)

Puts: $11.75M (41%)

Prior (09/30) $29.22M

Calls: $19.34M (66%)

Puts: $9.88M (34%)

Current vs Prior -2.19%

Calls: -12.99%

Puts: +18.95%

Prior 7-Day Total $218.39M

Calls: $117.55M (54%)

Puts: $100.84M (46%)

Prior 7-Day Average $31.20M

Calls: $16.79M (54%)

Puts: $14.41M (46%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -8.38%

Calls: +0.21%

Puts: -18.40%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/01 3:05pm) 0.92

Prior (09/30) 1.51

Current vs Prior -39.38%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.13

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -19.20%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/01 3:05pm) 233,713

Calls: 115,922 (50%)

Puts: 117,791 (50%)

Prior (09/30) 228,433

Calls: 112,781 (49%)

Puts: 115,652 (51%)

Current vs Prior +2.31%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,734,949

Calls: 853,913 (49%)

Puts: 881,036 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 247,849

Calls: 121,987 (49%)

Puts: 125,862 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -5.70%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 2.13% | 4.51%5.98% | 12.99%

Prior 3.29% | 5.35%6.41% | 12.99%

Current vs Prior -35.25% | -15.70%-6.67% | +0.01%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.16% | 4.58%5.24% | 11.89%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -1.44% | -1.48%+14.24% | +9.26%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.29% | 5.35%6.09% | 12.94%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -35.25% | -15.70%-1.75% | +0.38%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 55.37% | 15.42%

Calls: 60.74% | 18.52%

Puts: 50.00% | 12.32%

Prior 25.40% | 13.93%

Calls: 9.96% | 5.82%

Puts: 40.84% | 22.03%

Current vs Prior +117.99% | +10.70%

Prior 7-Day Avg 50.57% | 20.63%

Calls: 36.71% | 17.80%

Puts: 64.42% | 23.47%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +9.50% | -25.26%

Liquidity Expensive

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Above-average activity with volume up 60% vs prior. P/C ratio dropping 39% - sentiment shifting bullish.

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Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

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Current BULLISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current NEUTRAL

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior BEARISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

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Current BEARISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 46 of results (avg 8.5%, best 6.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$670.00	Oct 16	152.40	162.35	$157.38	6.3%	--	0.99	12
$670.00	Nov 6	154.10	164.50	$159.30	6.5%	1	0.92	1
$665.00	Nov 6	158.70	169.45	$164.08	6.6%	1	0.92	--
$730.00	Oct 30	102.70	109.95	$106.33	6.8%	4	0.84	10
$760.00	Oct 30	78.95	84.75	$81.85	7.1%	10	0.75	7

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$825.00	Oct 30	40.45	43.30	$41.88	6.8%	4	0.48	15
$820.00	Oct 16	20.55	22.10	$21.33	7.3%	78	0.46	406
$880.00	Oct 16	58.65	63.10	$60.88	7.3%	6	0.81	244
$890.00	Oct 9	64.85	69.80	$67.32	7.4%	1	0.91	7
$860.00	Oct 16	43.45	47.00	$45.23	7.8%	11	0.71	169

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. 174 found (avg delta 0.76, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$750.00	Oct 2	69.50	79.50	$74.50	13.4%	3	1.00	20
$760.00	Oct 2	60.65	68.40	$64.53	12.0%	1	1.00	17
$765.00	Oct 2	54.60	63.45	$59.03	15.0%	--	1.00	11
$770.00	Oct 2	49.20	59.20	$54.20	18.5%	--	1.00	29
$780.00	Oct 2	41.30	50.50	$45.90	20.0%	4	1.00	89

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$900.00	Oct 2	71.30	81.30	$76.30	13.1%	2	0.99	--
$890.00	Oct 2	60.50	70.50	$65.50	15.3%	2	0.98	--
$875.00	Oct 2	45.95	54.70	$50.33	17.4%	6	0.97	--
$880.00	Oct 2	51.35	61.35	$56.35	17.7%	2	0.97	1
$870.00	Oct 2	41.45	51.45	$46.45	21.5%	13	0.97	7

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 392 active (total vol 10.0K, top 2.3K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$900.00	Oct 9	1.07	1.40	$1.23	26.8%	2.3K	0.06	52
$850.00	Oct 2	0.80	1.59	$1.20	65.8%	239	0.12	327
$855.00	Oct 2	0.32	0.90	$0.61	95.1%	154	0.07	307
$825.00	Oct 9	16.50	19.05	$17.77	14.4%	118	0.50	110
$815.00	Oct 2	10.95	17.00	$13.98	43.3%	111	0.68	231

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$770.00	Oct 16	5.75	6.60	$6.18	13.8%	478	0.18	1.1K
$765.00	Oct 16	4.90	6.20	$5.55	23.4%	453	0.16	58
$750.00	Oct 16	3.00	4.05	$3.53	29.7%	182	0.11	1.5K
$700.00	Oct 16	0.50	0.88	$0.69	55.1%	165	0.03	890
$830.00	Oct 9	19.75	21.75	$20.75	9.6%	145	0.54	26

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 15 strikes (avg 11.1%, max 27.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$827.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	47.7%	37.3%	27.9%	47	135
$807.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	41.5%	36.2%	14.4%	6	10
$817.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	39.4%	34.6%	14.0%	29	147
$812.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	42.4%	37.6%	12.8%	16	49
$822.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	37.7%	34.7%	8.6%	32	71

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$835.00	Oct 2	Oct 23	45.1%	37.9%	19.0%	7	38
$807.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	41.5%	36.2%	14.4%	87	184
$817.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	39.4%	34.6%	14.0%	7	68
$812.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	42.4%	37.6%	12.8%	51	57
$822.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	37.7%	34.7%	8.6%	2	28

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 332 found (best R:R 0.63, avg 6.60)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$755.00	$805.00	Nov 6	$30.65	$19.35	$30.65	76%	0.63	$785.65
$770.00	$775.00	Oct 23	$2.07	$2.93	$2.07	78%	1.42	$772.07
$730.00	$735.00	Nov 6	$2.50	$2.50	$2.50	82%	1.00	$732.50
$797.50	$800.00	Oct 16	$0.40	$2.10	$0.40	69%	5.25	$797.90
$870.00	$875.00	Oct 23	$0.20	$4.80	$0.20	29%	24.00	$870.20

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$810.00	$805.00	Oct 30	$0.35	$4.65	$0.35	43%	13.29	$809.65
$900.00	$895.00	Oct 30	$2.03	$2.97	$2.03	74%	1.46	$897.97
$890.00	$885.00	Oct 23	$2.58	$2.42	$2.58	80%	0.94	$887.42
$825.00	$820.00	Nov 13	$1.30	$3.70	$1.30	48%	2.85	$823.70
$835.00	$830.00	Oct 23	$1.60	$3.40	$1.60	54%	2.12	$833.40

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 270 found (best R:R 1.43, avg 0.41)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$895.00	$900.00	Oct 2	$2.06	$2.06	$2.94	91%	0.70	$897.06
$925.00	$930.00	Oct 2	$1.97	$1.97	$3.03	92%	0.65	$926.97
$940.00	$945.00	Oct 23	$1.95	$1.95	$3.05	90%	0.64	$941.95
$875.00	$880.00	Oct 30	$2.92	$2.92	$2.08	66%	1.40	$877.92
$875.00	$880.00	Oct 23	$2.35	$2.35	$2.65	72%	0.89	$877.35

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$795.00	$780.00	Nov 13	$8.82	$8.82	$6.18	62%	1.43	$786.18
$725.00	$680.00	Nov 6	$5.91	$5.91	$39.09	84%	0.15	$719.09
$805.00	$800.00	Oct 30	$3.65	$3.65	$1.35	59%	2.70	$801.35
$680.00	$670.00	Oct 9	$1.58	$1.58	$8.42	95%	0.19	$678.42
$775.00	$770.00	Oct 30	$2.73	$2.73	$2.27	70%	1.20	$772.27

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 13 found (avg debit $10.08, cheapest $9.52)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$830.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$9.62	47.6%	36.8%
$827.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	$9.94	47.7%	37.3%
$825.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$10.59	45.4%	37.6%
$815.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$9.82	41.6%	36.9%
$820.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$9.67	41.7%	37.0%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$830.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$9.52	47.6%	36.8%
$825.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$9.47	45.4%	37.6%
$815.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$9.97	41.6%	36.9%
$820.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$10.40	41.7%	37.0%
$817.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	$10.35	39.4%	36.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 139 found (cheapest 1.82% of stock, avg 7.13%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$822.50	Oct 2	$8.73	$6.25	$14.98	$807.52	$837.48	1.82%
$817.50	Oct 2	$11.20	$4.40	$15.60	$801.90	$833.10	1.89%
$825.00	Oct 2	$7.18	$8.80	$15.98	$809.02	$840.98	1.94%
$820.00	Oct 2	$10.75	$5.80	$16.55	$803.45	$836.55	2.01%
$830.00	Oct 2	$5.48	$11.23	$16.71	$813.29	$846.71	2.03%
$835.00	Oct 2	$3.46	$13.73	$17.19	$817.81	$852.19	2.09%
$815.00	Oct 2	$13.98	$3.88	$17.86	$797.14	$832.86	2.17%
$812.50	Oct 2	$15.60	$3.24	$18.84	$793.66	$831.34	2.29%
$810.00	Oct 2	$17.20	$2.55	$19.75	$790.25	$829.75	2.40%
$807.50	Oct 2	$18.65	$1.92	$20.57	$786.93	$828.07	2.50%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 0.81% of stock, avg 5.32%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$835.00	$812.50	Oct 2	$3.46	$3.24	$6.70	$805.80	$841.70
$835.00	$815.00	Oct 2	$3.46	$3.88	$7.34	$807.66	$842.34
$832.50	$812.50	Oct 2	$4.10	$3.24	$7.34	$805.16	$839.84
$832.50	$815.00	Oct 2	$4.10	$3.88	$7.98	$807.02	$840.48
$835.00	$817.50	Oct 2	$3.46	$4.40	$7.86	$809.64	$842.86
$832.50	$817.50	Oct 2	$4.10	$4.40	$8.50	$809.00	$841.00
$830.00	$812.50	Oct 2	$5.48	$3.24	$8.72	$803.78	$838.72
$830.00	$815.00	Oct 2	$5.48	$3.88	$9.36	$805.64	$839.36
$830.00	$817.50	Oct 2	$5.48	$4.40	$9.88	$807.62	$839.88
$835.00	$820.00	Oct 2	$3.46	$5.80	$9.26	$810.74	$844.26

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 260 found (best R:R 3.20, avg credit $1.88)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
690/695	865/870	Oct 23	$3.81	$1.19	62%	3.20	$691.19	$868.81
690/695	875/880	Oct 30	$3.92	$1.08	56%	3.63	$691.08	$878.92
720/725	875/880	Oct 30	$4.05	$0.95	50%	4.26	$720.95	$879.05
665/670	865/870	Oct 23	$3.30	$1.70	63%	1.94	$666.70	$868.30
700/705	870/875	Oct 9	$2.60	$2.40	76%	1.08	$702.40	$872.60
700/705	875/880	Oct 30	$3.72	$1.28	54%	2.91	$701.28	$878.72
695/700	875/880	Oct 30	$3.57	$1.43	55%	2.50	$696.43	$878.57
660/665	875/880	Oct 30	$3.32	$1.68	59%	1.98	$661.68	$878.32
715/720	875/880	Oct 30	$3.59	$1.41	52%	2.55	$716.41	$878.59
725/730	865/870	Oct 23	$3.23	$1.77	58%	1.82	$726.77	$868.23

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 214 found (best R:R 57.82, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$835.00	$840.00	$845.00	Oct 2	$0.10	$4.90	14%	49.00
$860.00	$870.00	$880.00	Nov 6	$0.05	$9.95	6%	199.00
$855.00	$860.00	$865.00	Oct 9	$0.11	$4.89	7%	44.45
$855.00	$860.00	$865.00	Oct 16	$0.13	$4.87	6%	37.46
$900.00	$910.00	$920.00	Oct 16	$0.22	$9.78	4%	44.45

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$830.00	$840.00	$850.00	Oct 16	$0.17	$9.83	13%	57.82
$825.00	$830.00	$835.00	Oct 2	$0.07	$4.93	19%	70.43
$807.50	$810.00	$812.50	Oct 2	$0.06	$2.44	9%	40.67
$850.00	$855.00	$860.00	Oct 9	$0.14	$4.86	7%	34.71
$745.00	$750.00	$755.00	Nov 6	$0.06	$4.94	3%	82.33

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 191 found (best net $-26.80, 175 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$755.00	$805.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$26.80	$23.20
$850.00	$855.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.02	$4.98
$940.00	$945.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.03	$4.97
$840.00	$845.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.48	$4.52
$860.00	$865.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.08	$4.92

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$775.00	$770.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.03	$4.97
$690.00	$680.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.11	$9.89
$747.50	$745.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.11	$2.39
$780.00	$775.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.12	$4.88
$750.00	$747.50	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.04	$2.46

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 121 found (best yield 4.74%, avg 1.37%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$835.00	Nov 6	$39.05	0.49	1.4%	4.74%	6.09%	1	--
$845.00	Nov 6	$34.05	0.45	2.6%	4.13%	6.70%	1	2
$850.00	Nov 6	$31.30	0.44	3.2%	3.80%	6.97%	7	5
$860.00	Nov 6	$28.15	0.40	4.4%	3.42%	7.80%	2	1
$870.00	Nov 6	$24.70	0.37	5.6%	3.00%	8.60%	4	5
$880.00	Nov 6	$21.85	0.34	6.8%	2.65%	9.47%	2	3
$825.00	Oct 30	$39.85	0.52	0.1%	4.84%	4.97%	6	45
$830.00	Oct 30	$37.40	0.50	0.7%	4.54%	5.28%	30	55
$850.00	Oct 30	$29.30	0.42	3.2%	3.56%	6.73%	10	27
$845.00	Oct 30	$30.55	0.44	2.6%	3.71%	6.27%	1	20

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 8,817

Total Puts 8,069

Put/Call Ratio 0.92

Net Difference 748

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 4,192

Total Puts 6,329

Put/Call Ratio 1.51

Net Difference -2,137

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 49,455

Total Puts 56,639

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.13

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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