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CAT

CATERPILLAR INC

$814.60 -5.66%

(10/6 18:00) ◀

Wednesday, October 7, 2026 (1:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/07 1:00pm) 22,035

Calls: 10,816 (49%)

Puts: 11,219 (51%)

Prior (08/31) 20,447

Calls: 7,575 (37%)

Puts: 12,872 (63%)

Current vs Prior +7.77%

Calls: +42.79% (Calls)

Puts: -12.84% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 111,631

Calls: 53,106 (48%)

Puts: 58,525 (52%)

Prior 7-Day Average 15,947

Calls: 7,586 (48%)

Puts: 8,360 (52%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +38.17%

Calls: +42.57%

Puts: +34.19%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/07 1:00pm) $38.15M

Calls: $22.61M (59%)

Puts: $15.54M (41%)

Prior (08/31) $48.19M

Calls: $31.45M (65%)

Puts: $16.74M (35%)

Current vs Prior -20.84%

Calls: -28.11%

Puts: -7.17%

Prior 7-Day Total $196.20M

Calls: $124.26M (63%)

Puts: $71.95M (37%)

Prior 7-Day Average $28.03M

Calls: $17.75M (63%)

Puts: $10.28M (37%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +36.11%

Calls: +27.38%

Puts: +51.17%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/07 1:00pm) 1.04

Prior (08/31) 1.70

Current vs Prior -38.96%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.13

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -8.44%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/07 1:00pm) 236,099

Calls: 116,876 (50%)

Puts: 119,223 (50%)

Prior (08/31) 273,813

Calls: 128,041 (47%)

Puts: 145,772 (53%)

Current vs Prior -13.77%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,603,454

Calls: 793,147 (49%)

Puts: 810,307 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 229,064

Calls: 113,306 (49%)

Puts: 115,758 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +3.07%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

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

Current 2.61% | 4.68%4.68% | 12.22%

Prior 3.52% | 5.18%5.18% | 12.18%

Current vs Prior -25.94% | -9.62%-9.62% | +0.34%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.38% | 4.71%6.08% | 12.96%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +9.60% | -0.70%-22.99% | -5.65%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.52% | 5.18%5.06% | 12.36%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -25.94% | -9.62%-7.43% | -1.09%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 14.98% | 10.59%

Calls: 18.57% | 11.10%

Puts: 11.40% | 10.08%

Prior 13.51% | 9.28%

Calls: 10.33% | 7.59%

Puts: 16.69% | 10.96%

Current vs Prior +10.88% | +14.12%

Prior 7-Day Avg 52.50% | 18.21%

Calls: 43.67% | 17.37%

Puts: 61.33% | 19.05%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -71.47% | -41.86%

Liquidity Expensive

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Slightly bearish P/C ratio of 1.04. P/C ratio dropping 39% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow NEUTRAL

Overall MIXED

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

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Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
15:05	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
13:00	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 106 of results (avg 8.1%, best 3.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$700.00	Nov 20	123.80	129.05	$126.43	4.2%	20	0.86	46
$820.00	Nov 20	45.00	47.10	$46.05	4.6%	36	0.51	126
$830.00	Nov 20	40.50	42.65	$41.58	5.2%	83	0.48	164
$800.00	Nov 20	54.15	57.35	$55.75	5.7%	25	0.57	482
$810.00	Oct 23	27.00	28.70	$27.85	6.1%	36	0.54	50

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$820.00	Nov 20	47.85	49.75	$48.80	3.9%	17	0.49	170
$840.00	Nov 20	58.45	61.95	$60.20	5.8%	6	0.55	124
$780.00	Nov 20	29.55	31.45	$30.50	6.2%	44	0.36	388
$790.00	Nov 20	33.70	35.90	$34.80	6.3%	50	0.39	293
$750.00	Oct 30	12.90	13.75	$13.33	6.4%	38	0.23	136

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.97, cheapest $0.97)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$900.00	Oct 16	0.90	1.03	$0.97	13.4%	388	0.05	1.4K

PUTS (0)

No puts meet the criteria

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 221 found (avg delta 0.74, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$670.00	Oct 16	138.50	150.85	$144.68	8.5%	--	0.99	12
$700.00	Oct 16	108.75	120.25	$114.50	10.0%	1	0.99	14
$710.00	Oct 16	98.90	108.80	$103.85	9.5%	--	0.99	14
$750.00	Oct 9	62.15	70.60	$66.38	12.7%	--	0.98	11
$760.00	Oct 9	50.95	57.90	$54.43	12.8%	--	0.98	21

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$875.00	Oct 9	56.35	66.10	$61.22	15.9%	12	1.00	21
$880.00	Oct 9	61.50	70.50	$66.00	13.6%	10	1.00	28
$885.00	Oct 9	66.55	75.45	$71.00	12.5%	--	1.00	20
$895.00	Oct 9	76.25	85.95	$81.10	12.0%	--	1.00	11
$900.00	Oct 9	82.15	92.15	$87.15	11.5%	12	1.00	15

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 505 active (total vol 17.1K, top 767)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$825.00	Oct 9	4.65	6.00	$5.33	25.3%	430	0.34	225
$900.00	Oct 16	0.90	1.03	$0.97	13.4%	388	0.05	1.4K
$900.00	Oct 9	0.00	0.13	$0.07	185.7%	382	0.01	1.9K
$850.00	Oct 16	6.00	7.00	$6.50	15.4%	352	0.24	417
$850.00	Nov 13	28.05	33.45	$30.75	17.6%	300	0.40	6

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$740.00	Oct 23	2.94	4.05	$3.50	31.7%	767	0.11	109
$800.00	Oct 9	3.65	4.85	$4.25	28.2%	399	0.27	354
$790.00	Oct 9	1.55	2.76	$2.15	56.3%	344	0.16	98
$755.00	Oct 23	4.70	6.15	$5.43	26.7%	317	0.16	98
$785.00	Oct 9	1.09	1.65	$1.37	40.9%	271	0.11	67

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 11 strikes (avg 5.2%, max 10.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	39.3%	35.7%	10.2%	94	26
$817.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	39.9%	37.0%	7.8%	108	69
$827.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	40.4%	38.5%	4.8%	29	13
$822.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	38.4%	37.8%	1.5%	140	30
$790.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	41.0%	41.0%	0.0%	9	70

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	39.3%	35.7%	10.2%	93	102
$797.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	39.3%	36.1%	8.9%	58	125
$817.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	39.9%	37.0%	7.8%	15	213
$827.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	40.4%	38.5%	4.8%	10	37
$822.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	38.4%	37.8%	1.5%	26	207

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 400 found (best R:R 9.64, avg 6.29)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$805.00	$810.00	Nov 6	$0.47	$4.53	$0.47	56%	9.64	$805.47
$800.00	$805.00	Nov 13	$0.83	$4.17	$0.83	57%	5.02	$800.83
$840.00	$850.00	Nov 20	$2.31	$7.69	$2.31	44%	3.33	$842.31
$770.00	$775.00	Oct 16	$2.32	$2.68	$2.32	85%	1.16	$772.32
$775.00	$780.00	Nov 6	$1.53	$3.47	$1.53	67%	2.27	$776.53

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$850.00	$845.00	Oct 16	$1.75	$3.25	$1.75	76%	1.86	$848.25
$865.00	$860.00	Oct 9	$2.90	$2.10	$2.90	95%	0.72	$862.10
$870.00	$865.00	Oct 16	$2.63	$2.37	$2.63	87%	0.90	$867.37
$865.00	$860.00	Nov 6	$1.78	$3.22	$1.78	66%	1.81	$863.22
$860.00	$855.00	Oct 16	$2.73	$2.27	$2.73	82%	0.83	$857.27

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 319 found (best R:R 1.60, avg 0.41)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$820.00	$825.00	Nov 6	$4.41	$4.41	$0.59	50%	7.47	$824.41
$960.00	$965.00	Oct 9	$2.04	$2.04	$2.96	94%	0.69	$962.04
$945.00	$950.00	Oct 23	$1.84	$1.84	$3.16	92%	0.58	$946.84
$965.00	$970.00	Oct 23	$1.30	$1.30	$3.70	94%	0.35	$966.30
$855.00	$860.00	Nov 6	$2.83	$2.83	$2.17	62%	1.30	$857.83

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$800.00	$790.00	Nov 6	$6.15	$6.15	$3.85	58%	1.60	$793.85
$685.00	$680.00	Nov 6	$2.14	$2.14	$2.86	90%	0.75	$682.86
$715.00	$710.00	Oct 9	$1.84	$1.84	$3.16	94%	0.58	$713.16
$810.00	$805.00	Nov 6	$3.55	$3.55	$1.45	54%	2.45	$806.45
$665.00	$660.00	Oct 23	$1.36	$1.36	$3.64	95%	0.37	$663.64

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 18 found (avg debit $8.44, cheapest $7.55)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$805.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$7.98	40.4%	35.6%
$827.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.40	40.4%	36.2%
$815.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.67	39.2%	35.3%
$817.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.10	39.9%	36.2%
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.69	39.3%	35.7%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$805.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$7.55	40.4%	35.6%
$827.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$7.48	40.4%	36.2%
$815.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.20	39.2%	35.3%
$817.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.32	39.9%	36.2%
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.15	39.3%	35.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 171 found (cheapest 2.37% of stock, avg 8.18%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$815.00	Oct 9	$9.63	$9.65	$19.28	$795.72	$834.28	2.37%
$817.50	Oct 9	$8.63	$10.85	$19.48	$798.02	$836.98	2.39%
$810.00	Oct 9	$12.53	$7.48	$20.01	$789.99	$830.01	2.46%
$812.50	Oct 9	$11.58	$8.65	$20.23	$792.27	$832.73	2.48%
$820.00	Oct 9	$7.50	$12.68	$20.18	$799.82	$840.18	2.48%
$822.50	Oct 9	$6.23	$14.08	$20.31	$802.19	$842.81	2.49%
$807.50	Oct 9	$14.03	$6.75	$20.78	$786.72	$828.28	2.55%
$825.00	Oct 9	$5.33	$15.78	$21.11	$803.89	$846.11	2.59%
$805.00	Oct 9	$15.80	$5.85	$21.65	$783.35	$826.65	2.66%
$827.50	Oct 9	$5.00	$17.40	$22.40	$805.10	$849.90	2.75%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 1.33% of stock, avg 6.51%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$827.50	$805.00	Oct 9	$5.00	$5.85	$10.85	$794.15	$838.35
$825.00	$805.00	Oct 9	$5.33	$5.85	$11.18	$793.82	$836.18
$822.50	$805.00	Oct 9	$6.23	$5.85	$12.08	$792.92	$834.58
$825.00	$807.50	Oct 9	$5.33	$6.75	$12.08	$795.42	$837.08
$827.50	$807.50	Oct 9	$5.00	$6.75	$11.75	$795.75	$839.25
$822.50	$807.50	Oct 9	$6.23	$6.75	$12.98	$794.52	$835.48
$825.00	$810.00	Oct 9	$5.33	$7.48	$12.81	$797.19	$837.81
$827.50	$810.00	Oct 9	$5.00	$7.48	$12.48	$797.52	$839.98
$822.50	$810.00	Oct 9	$6.23	$7.48	$13.71	$796.29	$836.21
$820.00	$805.00	Oct 9	$7.50	$5.85	$13.35	$791.65	$833.35

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 160 found (best R:R 1.54, avg credit $2.14)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
710/715	835/840	Oct 9	$3.03	$1.97	71%	1.54	$711.97	$838.03
710/715	840/845	Oct 9	$2.45	$2.55	77%	0.96	$712.55	$842.45
710/715	845/850	Oct 9	$2.25	$2.75	81%	0.82	$712.75	$847.25
710/715	830/835	Oct 9	$2.73	$2.27	66%	1.20	$712.27	$832.73
690/695	835/840	Oct 9	$2.24	$2.76	72%	0.81	$692.76	$837.24
710/715	828/830	Oct 9	$2.66	$2.34	62%	1.14	$712.34	$830.16
700/705	870/875	Nov 13	$3.10	$1.90	51%	1.63	$701.90	$873.10
690/695	840/845	Oct 9	$1.66	$3.34	78%	0.50	$693.34	$841.66
690/695	845/850	Oct 9	$1.46	$3.54	82%	0.41	$693.54	$846.46
660/665	845/850	Oct 23	$2.33	$2.67	62%	0.87	$662.67	$847.33

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 265 found (best R:R 49.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$750.00	$760.00	$770.00	Oct 16	$0.20	$9.80	8%	49.00
$910.00	$920.00	$930.00	Nov 20	$0.06	$9.94	5%	165.67
$845.00	$850.00	$855.00	Oct 16	$0.05	$4.95	6%	99.00
$830.00	$835.00	$840.00	Oct 16	$0.09	$4.91	8%	54.56
$800.00	$810.00	$820.00	Nov 20	$0.24	$9.76	7%	40.67

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$730.00	$740.00	$750.00	Nov 20	$0.09	$9.91	5%	110.11
$720.00	$730.00	$740.00	Nov 20	$0.09	$9.91	5%	110.11
$750.00	$760.00	$770.00	Nov 20	$0.15	$9.85	6%	65.67
$690.00	$700.00	$710.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$9.93	4%	141.86
$770.00	$780.00	$790.00	Nov 20	$0.30	$9.70	7%	32.33

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 177 found (best net $-30.56, 166 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$720.00	$770.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$30.56	$19.44
$880.00	$885.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.04	$4.96
$900.00	$905.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.03	$4.97
$905.00	$910.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.03	$4.97
$860.00	$865.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.21	$4.79

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$695.00	$690.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.05	$4.95
$730.00	$720.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.15	$9.85
$690.00	$680.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.02	$9.98
$765.00	$760.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.06	$4.94
$710.00	$700.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.08	$9.92

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 167 found (best yield 4.97%, avg 1.68%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$830.00	Nov 20	$40.50	0.48	1.9%	4.97%	6.86%	83	164
$820.00	Nov 20	$45.00	0.51	0.7%	5.52%	6.19%	36	126
$840.00	Nov 20	$36.10	0.45	3.1%	4.43%	7.55%	14	260
$850.00	Nov 20	$32.05	0.42	4.3%	3.93%	8.28%	37	420
$860.00	Nov 20	$28.90	0.39	5.6%	3.55%	9.12%	27	113
$870.00	Nov 20	$25.55	0.35	6.8%	3.14%	9.94%	19	310
$840.00	Nov 13	$33.10	0.43	3.1%	4.06%	7.18%	1	--
$830.00	Nov 13	$36.65	0.47	1.9%	4.50%	6.39%	2	--
$820.00	Nov 13	$41.15	0.50	0.7%	5.05%	5.71%	1	--
$845.00	Nov 13	$30.95	0.42	3.7%	3.80%	7.53%	150	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 10,816

Total Puts 11,219

Put/Call Ratio 1.04

Net Difference -403

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 7,575

Total Puts 12,872

Put/Call Ratio 1.70

Net Difference -5,297

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 53,106

Total Puts 58,525

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.13

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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