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CATERPILLAR INC

$847.83 +2.60%

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/02 3:05pm) 22,169

Calls: 10,989 (50%)

Puts: 11,180 (50%)

Prior (10/01) 16,886

Calls: 8,817 (52%)

Puts: 8,069 (48%)

Current vs Prior +31.29%

Calls: +24.63% (Calls)

Puts: +38.55% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 89,723

Calls: 41,072 (46%)

Puts: 48,651 (54%)

Prior 7-Day Average 12,817

Calls: 5,867 (46%)

Puts: 6,950 (54%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +72.96%

Calls: +87.29%

Puts: +60.86%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/02 3:05pm) $35.68M

Calls: $24.87M (70%)

Puts: $10.81M (30%)

Prior (10/01) $28.58M

Calls: $16.83M (59%)

Puts: $11.75M (41%)

Current vs Prior +24.83%

Calls: +47.81%

Puts: -8.07%

Prior 7-Day Total $179.92M

Calls: $110.86M (62%)

Puts: $69.06M (38%)

Prior 7-Day Average $25.70M

Calls: $15.84M (62%)

Puts: $9.87M (38%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +38.82%

Calls: +57.07%

Puts: +9.53%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/02 3:05pm) 1.02

Prior (10/01) 0.92

Current vs Prior +11.17%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.19

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -14.20%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/02 3:05pm) 238,925

Calls: 118,372 (50%)

Puts: 120,553 (50%)

Prior (10/01) 233,713

Calls: 115,922 (50%)

Puts: 117,791 (50%)

Current vs Prior +2.23%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,663,963

Calls: 821,175 (49%)

Puts: 842,788 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 237,709

Calls: 117,310 (49%)

Puts: 120,398 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +0.51%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 0.77% | 4.03%5.68% | 12.94%

Prior 2.65% | 4.75%6.06% | 13.02%

Current vs Prior -70.76% | -15.15%-6.25% | -0.58%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.28% | 4.62%5.84% | 12.51%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -66.00% | -12.77%-2.83% | +3.46%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.65% | 4.75%6.03% | 13.22%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -70.76% | -15.15%-5.86% | -2.13%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 62.41% | 26.71%

Calls: 80.92% | 30.21%

Puts: 43.91% | 23.21%

Prior 39.62% | 22.55%

Calls: 32.71% | 24.59%

Puts: 46.52% | 20.51%

Current vs Prior +57.52% | +18.45%

Prior 7-Day Avg 50.76% | 19.37%

Calls: 36.16% | 17.12%

Puts: 65.36% | 21.62%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +22.95% | +37.89%

Liquidity Expensive

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Moderately bullish flow with 70% call dollar volume ($24.87M). Slightly bearish P/C ratio of 1.02.

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 52 of results (avg 8.0%, best 4.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$700.00	Oct 16	143.30	152.00	$147.65	5.9%	--	1.00	12
$840.00	Oct 30	44.60	47.40	$46.00	6.1%	14	0.55	31
$845.00	Oct 30	42.15	44.85	$43.50	6.2%	4	0.53	20
$790.00	Oct 30	73.25	78.20	$75.72	6.5%	3	0.73	9
$815.00	Oct 30	57.80	61.85	$59.83	6.8%	--	0.65	80

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$845.00	Oct 16	20.25	21.15	$20.70	4.3%	21	0.47	9
$820.00	Oct 16	10.45	11.05	$10.75	5.6%	46	0.29	434
$830.00	Oct 16	13.90	14.75	$14.33	5.9%	30	0.36	168
$845.00	Oct 9	13.60	14.50	$14.05	6.4%	25	0.46	6
$900.00	Oct 30	70.40	75.55	$72.97	7.1%	--	0.67	26

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. 173 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$760.00	Oct 2	83.35	92.40	$87.88	10.3%	1	1.00	17
$765.00	Oct 2	77.20	87.20	$82.20	12.2%	--	1.00	11
$770.00	Oct 2	73.15	81.90	$77.53	11.3%	21	1.00	29
$775.00	Oct 2	67.80	77.25	$72.53	13.0%	2	1.00	8
$780.00	Oct 2	62.10	72.05	$67.08	14.8%	--	1.00	87

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$870.00	Oct 2	19.85	24.90	$22.38	22.6%	10	0.98	--
$865.00	Oct 2	14.70	17.50	$16.10	17.4%	1	0.97	--
$1010.00	Oct 16	156.45	167.90	$162.18	7.1%	1	0.97	--
$885.00	Oct 2	33.15	40.75	$36.95	20.6%	6	0.97	--
$970.00	Oct 16	117.25	128.35	$122.80	9.0%	4	0.96	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 450 active (total vol 16.2K, top 989)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$855.00	Oct 2	0.02	0.25	$0.14	164.3%	989	0.07	277
$900.00	Oct 9	1.70	2.10	$1.90	21.1%	620	0.10	797
$850.00	Oct 2	0.47	1.04	$0.76	75.0%	496	0.29	382
$830.00	Oct 2	16.15	19.85	$18.00	20.6%	448	1.00	540
$865.00	Oct 9	8.15	9.65	$8.90	16.9%	337	0.34	73

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$810.00	Oct 9	2.84	4.15	$3.50	37.4%	716	0.16	54
$785.00	Oct 2	0.00	0.05	$0.03	166.7%	625	0.00	684
$750.00	Oct 16	1.00	1.15	$1.08	13.9%	375	0.04	1.5K
$805.00	Oct 2	0.00	0.09	$0.05	180.0%	334	0.01	393
$835.00	Oct 9	9.45	11.50	$10.48	19.6%	295	0.37	5

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 4 strikes (avg 340.3%, max 677.9%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$822.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	265.2%	34.1%	677.9%	9	82
$845.00	Oct 2	Nov 6	42.8%	41.7%	2.7%	136	318

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$822.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	265.2%	34.1%	677.9%	4	26
$845.00	Oct 2	Nov 6	42.8%	41.7%	2.7%	46	22

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 300 found (best R:R 4.98, avg 7.04)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$925.00	$960.00	Nov 13	$5.85	$29.15	$5.85	29%	4.98	$930.85
$830.00	$835.00	Nov 6	$0.80	$4.20	$0.80	58%	5.25	$830.80
$880.00	$890.00	Nov 6	$1.92	$8.08	$1.92	41%	4.21	$881.92
$825.00	$830.00	Oct 30	$1.10	$3.90	$1.10	61%	3.55	$826.10
$790.00	$795.00	Oct 30	$2.04	$2.96	$2.04	73%	1.45	$792.04

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$900.00	$890.00	Oct 23	$5.33	$4.67	$5.33	74%	0.88	$894.67
$840.00	$830.00	Nov 13	$2.72	$7.28	$2.72	46%	2.68	$837.28
$880.00	$875.00	Oct 16	$1.93	$3.07	$1.93	70%	1.59	$878.07
$875.00	$870.00	Oct 23	$1.78	$3.22	$1.78	62%	1.81	$873.22
$880.00	$875.00	Oct 23	$1.94	$3.06	$1.94	65%	1.58	$878.06

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 257 found (best R:R 6.94, avg 0.51)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$870.00	$875.00	Oct 30	$4.37	$4.37	$0.63	56%	6.94	$874.37
$955.00	$960.00	Oct 9	$2.00	$2.00	$3.00	92%	0.67	$957.00
$895.00	$900.00	Oct 23	$2.74	$2.74	$2.26	71%	1.21	$897.74
$895.00	$900.00	Oct 2	$1.49	$1.49	$3.51	90%	0.42	$896.49
$890.00	$895.00	Oct 30	$3.07	$3.07	$1.93	63%	1.59	$893.07

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$820.00	$815.00	Nov 6	$4.05	$4.05	$0.95	61%	4.26	$815.95
$795.00	$780.00	Nov 13	$6.26	$6.26	$8.74	69%	0.72	$788.74
$835.00	$830.00	Oct 30	$4.21	$4.21	$0.79	57%	5.33	$830.79
$732.50	$730.00	Oct 2	$2.13	$2.13	$0.37	94%	5.76	$730.37
$785.00	$780.00	Nov 6	$3.27	$3.27	$1.73	73%	1.89	$781.73

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

No setups found for this strategy

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 140 found (cheapest 0.46% of stock, avg 6.89%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$850.00	Oct 2	$0.76	$3.12	$3.88	$846.12	$853.88	0.46%
$845.00	Oct 2	$3.44	$0.66	$4.10	$840.90	$849.10	0.48%
$855.00	Oct 2	$0.14	$6.85	$6.99	$848.01	$861.99	0.82%
$840.00	Oct 2	$8.45	$0.18	$8.63	$831.37	$848.63	1.02%
$860.00	Oct 2	$0.15	$11.03	$11.18	$848.82	$871.18	1.32%
$835.00	Oct 2	$12.38	$0.08	$12.46	$822.54	$847.46	1.47%
$832.50	Oct 2	$14.65	$0.06	$14.71	$817.79	$847.21	1.74%
$865.00	Oct 2	$0.08	$16.10	$16.18	$848.82	$881.18	1.91%
$830.00	Oct 2	$18.00	$0.05	$18.05	$811.95	$848.05	2.13%
$827.50	Oct 2	$20.23	$0.25	$20.48	$807.02	$847.98	2.42%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.04% of stock, avg 5.19%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$855.00	$840.00	Oct 2	$0.14	$0.18	$0.32	$839.68	$855.32
$880.00	$840.00	Oct 2	$0.66	$0.18	$0.84	$839.16	$880.84
$855.00	$845.00	Oct 2	$0.14	$0.66	$0.80	$844.20	$855.80
$855.00	$817.50	Oct 2	$0.14	$0.99	$1.13	$816.37	$856.13
$850.00	$840.00	Oct 2	$0.76	$0.18	$0.94	$839.06	$850.94
$850.00	$845.00	Oct 2	$0.76	$0.66	$1.42	$843.58	$851.42
$880.00	$817.50	Oct 2	$0.66	$0.99	$1.65	$815.85	$881.65
$880.00	$845.00	Oct 2	$0.66	$0.66	$1.32	$843.68	$881.32
$895.00	$840.00	Oct 2	$1.55	$0.18	$1.73	$838.27	$896.73
$890.00	$840.00	Oct 2	$1.80	$0.18	$1.98	$838.02	$891.98

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 272 found (best R:R 2.62, avg credit $2.91)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
730/732	895/900	Oct 2	$3.62	$1.38	84%	2.62	$728.88	$898.62
795/798	895/900	Oct 2	$3.63	$1.37	80%	2.65	$793.87	$898.63
820/822	895/900	Oct 2	$3.63	$1.37	75%	2.65	$818.87	$898.63
705/710	895/900	Oct 23	$3.99	$1.01	65%	3.95	$706.01	$898.99
695/700	870/875	Oct 9	$3.79	$1.21	65%	3.13	$696.21	$873.79
745/748	870/875	Oct 9	$3.78	$1.22	63%	3.10	$743.72	$873.78
730/732	880/885	Oct 2	$2.54	$2.46	87%	1.03	$729.96	$882.54
780/795	910/925	Nov 13	$11.48	$3.52	36%	3.26	$783.52	$921.48
695/700	880/885	Oct 9	$3.16	$1.84	73%	1.72	$696.84	$883.16
695/700	885/890	Oct 9	$2.89	$2.11	77%	1.37	$697.11	$887.89

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 207 found (best R:R 2.94, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$845.00	$850.00	$855.00	Oct 2	$2.06	$2.94	68%	1.43
$890.00	$900.00	$910.00	Oct 16	$0.19	$9.81	9%	51.63
$835.00	$840.00	$845.00	Oct 9	$0.14	$4.86	10%	34.71
$840.00	$845.00	$850.00	Oct 2	$2.33	$2.67	66%	1.15
$950.00	$960.00	$970.00	Oct 16	$0.07	$9.93	3%	141.86

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$845.00	$850.00	$855.00	Oct 2	$1.27	$3.73	67%	2.94
$835.00	$840.00	$845.00	Oct 2	$0.38	$4.62	23%	12.16
$840.00	$845.00	$850.00	Oct 2	$1.98	$3.02	64%	1.53
$850.00	$855.00	$860.00	Oct 2	$0.45	$4.55	24%	10.11
$830.00	$835.00	$840.00	Oct 9	$0.10	$4.90	9%	49.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 231 found (best net $-7.81, 203 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$960.00	$995.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$2.38	$32.62
$835.00	$840.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$4.52	$0.48
$970.00	$980.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.09	$9.91
$860.00	$865.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.01	$4.99
$855.00	$860.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.16	$4.84

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$885.00	$870.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$7.81	$7.19
$860.00	$855.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$2.67	$2.33
$710.00	$705.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.09	$4.91
$700.00	$690.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.03	$9.97
$790.00	$785.00	1:2	Oct 2	$0.00	$5.00

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 104 found (best yield 4.50%, avg 1.55%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$860.00	Nov 6	$38.15	0.48	1.4%	4.50%	5.94%	1	2
$865.00	Nov 6	$35.75	0.46	2.0%	4.22%	6.24%	1	--
$875.00	Nov 13	$31.95	0.43	3.2%	3.77%	6.97%	1	--
$900.00	Nov 13	$24.65	0.36	6.2%	2.91%	9.06%	1	--
$910.00	Nov 13	$22.70	0.33	7.3%	2.68%	10.01%	1	--
$850.00	Nov 6	$41.00	0.51	0.3%	4.84%	5.09%	9	12
$890.00	Nov 6	$26.10	0.38	5.0%	3.08%	8.05%	2	1
$870.00	Nov 6	$31.85	0.44	2.6%	3.76%	6.37%	1	7
$900.00	Nov 6	$23.20	0.35	6.2%	2.74%	8.89%	2	3
$880.00	Nov 6	$27.75	0.41	3.8%	3.27%	7.07%	3	5

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 10,989

Total Puts 11,180

Put/Call Ratio 1.02

Net Difference -191

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 8,817

Total Puts 8,069

Put/Call Ratio 0.92

Net Difference 748

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 41,072

Total Puts 48,651

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.19

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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