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CATERPILLAR INC

$812.61 -5.89%

(10/7 13:00) ◀

Wednesday, October 7, 2026 (2:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/07 2:00pm) 25,149

Calls: 12,494 (50%)

Puts: 12,655 (50%)

Prior (08/31) 24,163

Calls: 8,930 (37%)

Puts: 15,233 (63%)

Current vs Prior +4.08%

Calls: +39.91% (Calls)

Puts: -16.92% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 119,671

Calls: 60,083 (50%)

Puts: 59,588 (50%)

Prior 7-Day Average 17,095

Calls: 8,583 (50%)

Puts: 8,512 (50%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +47.11%

Calls: +45.56%

Puts: +48.66%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/07 2:00pm) $44.15M

Calls: $26.10M (59%)

Puts: $18.05M (41%)

Prior (08/31) $53.76M

Calls: $34.73M (65%)

Puts: $19.03M (35%)

Current vs Prior -17.87%

Calls: -24.86%

Puts: -5.11%

Prior 7-Day Total $255.52M

Calls: $179.09M (70%)

Puts: $76.44M (30%)

Prior 7-Day Average $36.50M

Calls: $25.58M (70%)

Puts: $10.92M (30%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +20.95%

Calls: +2.01%

Puts: +65.33%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/07 2:00pm) 1.01

Prior (08/31) 1.71

Current vs Prior -40.62%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.06

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -4.67%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/07 2:00pm) 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 1,600,587

Calls: 791,745 (49%)

Puts: 808,842 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 228,655

Calls: 113,106 (49%)

Puts: 115,548 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +3.26%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 2.49% | 4.64%4.64% | 12.35%

Prior 3.08% | 5.05%5.05% | 12.24%

Current vs Prior -19.30% | -8.21%-8.21% | +0.94%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.74% | 4.90%5.85% | 12.80%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -9.11% | -5.39%-20.69% | -3.52%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.08% | 5.05%5.06% | 12.36%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -19.30% | -8.21%-8.28% | -0.05%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 23.16% | 15.01%

Calls: 15.53% | 13.65%

Puts: 30.79% | 16.37%

Prior 18.00% | 12.48%

Calls: 18.61% | 14.39%

Puts: 17.40% | 10.57%

Current vs Prior +28.67% | +20.27%

Prior 7-Day Avg 33.11% | 16.53%

Calls: 33.82% | 16.68%

Puts: 32.39% | 16.38%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -30.04% | -9.21%

Liquidity Expensive

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Slightly bearish P/C ratio of 1.01. P/C ratio dropping 41% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow NEUTRAL

Overall MIXED

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

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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
14:00	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED
13:00	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 83 of results (avg 7.9%, best 3.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$800.00	Nov 20	53.75	56.50	$55.13	5.0%	25	0.57	482
$850.00	Nov 20	32.50	34.30	$33.40	5.4%	41	0.41	420
$810.00	Nov 20	48.85	51.60	$50.23	5.5%	46	0.53	167
$830.00	Nov 20	39.20	41.70	$40.45	6.2%	91	0.47	164
$800.00	Oct 30	43.75	46.55	$45.15	6.2%	32	0.58	26

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$820.00	Nov 20	49.40	50.90	$50.15	3.0%	20	0.50	170
$800.00	Nov 20	39.20	40.75	$39.98	3.9%	56	0.43	683
$810.00	Nov 20	44.05	45.80	$44.93	3.9%	54	0.47	335
$790.00	Nov 20	34.85	36.35	$35.60	4.2%	50	0.40	293
$770.00	Nov 20	26.45	27.80	$27.13	5.0%	31	0.33	317

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. 223 found (avg delta 0.74, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$670.00	Oct 16	139.65	151.75	$145.70	8.3%	--	0.99	12
$700.00	Oct 16	109.80	121.15	$115.48	9.8%	1	0.99	14
$710.00	Oct 16	99.95	109.95	$104.95	9.5%	--	0.99	14
$750.00	Oct 9	60.55	68.60	$64.57	12.5%	--	0.99	11
$760.00	Oct 9	50.55	60.35	$55.45	17.7%	--	0.98	21

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$875.00	Oct 9	57.20	65.65	$61.43	13.8%	12	1.00	21
$880.00	Oct 9	62.20	70.55	$66.38	12.6%	10	1.00	28
$885.00	Oct 9	65.65	75.65	$70.65	14.2%	--	1.00	20
$895.00	Oct 9	76.15	86.15	$81.15	12.3%	--	1.00	11
$900.00	Oct 9	81.35	91.30	$86.32	11.5%	12	1.00	15

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 521 active (total vol 19.6K, top 769)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$900.00	Oct 16	0.90	1.19	$1.05	27.6%	447	0.05	1.4K
$825.00	Oct 9	3.90	6.10	$5.00	44.0%	443	0.32	225
$900.00	Oct 9	0.05	0.13	$0.09	88.9%	400	0.01	1.9K
$850.00	Oct 16	5.80	6.50	$6.15	11.4%	364	0.23	417
$850.00	Nov 13	26.55	33.80	$30.17	24.0%	308	0.40	6

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$740.00	Oct 23	2.83	3.90	$3.37	31.8%	769	0.11	109
$800.00	Oct 9	3.70	4.90	$4.30	27.9%	422	0.28	354
$790.00	Oct 9	1.67	2.74	$2.21	48.4%	362	0.17	98
$755.00	Oct 23	4.60	6.05	$5.32	27.3%	329	0.16	98
$785.00	Oct 9	0.94	1.65	$1.30	54.6%	290	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. 9 strikes (avg 14.7%, max 20.3%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$827.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	43.0%	35.9%	20.0%	42	13
$817.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	43.1%	36.0%	19.8%	156	69
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	39.1%	34.1%	14.4%	119	26
$822.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	39.9%	37.3%	7.0%	182	30

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$827.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	43.0%	35.8%	20.3%	10	37
$817.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	43.1%	36.0%	19.8%	115	213
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	39.1%	34.1%	14.4%	100	102
$797.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	38.2%	35.1%	8.9%	87	125
$822.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	39.9%	37.2%	7.3%	39	207

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 384 found (best R:R 6.14, avg 6.75)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$775.00	$780.00	Nov 6	$0.70	$4.30	$0.70	67%	6.14	$775.70
$770.00	$775.00	Oct 16	$2.50	$2.50	$2.50	84%	1.00	$772.50
$760.00	$790.00	Nov 13	$18.57	$11.43	$18.57	71%	0.62	$778.57
$830.00	$840.00	Nov 20	$2.95	$7.05	$2.95	47%	2.39	$832.95
$845.00	$850.00	Nov 13	$0.53	$4.47	$0.53	41%	8.43	$845.53

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$820.00	$815.00	Nov 6	$0.40	$4.60	$0.40	50%	11.50	$819.60
$710.00	$695.00	Nov 6	$0.10	$14.90	$0.10	12%	149.00	$709.90
$790.00	$785.00	Nov 6	$0.40	$4.60	$0.40	39%	11.50	$789.60
$830.00	$820.00	Nov 20	$3.73	$6.27	$3.73	53%	1.68	$826.27
$830.00	$827.50	Oct 23	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	59%	19.83	$829.88

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 306 found (best R:R 0.57, avg 0.42)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$915.00	$920.00	Nov 13	$3.12	$3.12	$1.88	78%	1.66	$918.12
$960.00	$965.00	Oct 9	$2.04	$2.04	$2.96	94%	0.69	$962.04
$945.00	$950.00	Oct 23	$1.79	$1.79	$3.21	92%	0.56	$946.79
$930.00	$935.00	Nov 6	$2.28	$2.28	$2.72	83%	0.84	$932.28
$970.00	$975.00	Nov 6	$1.91	$1.91	$3.09	90%	0.62	$971.91

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$720.00	$710.00	Nov 6	$3.62	$3.62	$6.38	84%	0.57	$716.38
$720.00	$715.00	Oct 23	$2.44	$2.44	$2.56	91%	0.95	$717.56
$665.00	$660.00	Oct 23	$2.02	$2.02	$2.98	95%	0.68	$662.98
$715.00	$710.00	Nov 13	$2.63	$2.63	$2.37	84%	1.11	$712.37
$735.00	$730.00	Nov 13	$2.83	$2.83	$2.17	78%	1.30	$732.17

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 18 found (avg debit $8.02, cheapest $7.65)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$817.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.00	43.1%	35.4%
$827.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$7.50	43.0%	35.6%
$815.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.52	41.1%	35.3%
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.07	39.1%	34.1%
$822.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.50	39.9%	35.4%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$817.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$7.65	43.1%	35.4%
$827.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.02	43.0%	35.6%
$815.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.40	41.1%	35.3%
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$7.38	39.1%	34.1%
$822.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$7.82	39.9%	35.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 169 found (cheapest 2.34% of stock, avg 8.10%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$820.00	Oct 9	$6.53	$12.45	$18.98	$801.02	$838.98	2.34%
$812.50	Oct 9	$9.98	$9.25	$19.23	$793.27	$831.73	2.37%
$815.00	Oct 9	$9.23	$10.23	$19.46	$795.54	$834.46	2.39%
$822.50	Oct 9	$5.90	$14.13	$20.03	$802.47	$842.53	2.46%
$817.50	Oct 9	$8.60	$11.48	$20.08	$797.42	$837.58	2.47%
$810.00	Oct 9	$12.23	$8.05	$20.28	$789.72	$830.28	2.50%
$807.50	Oct 9	$13.75	$6.90	$20.65	$786.85	$828.15	2.54%
$825.00	Oct 9	$5.00	$16.27	$21.27	$803.73	$846.27	2.62%
$805.00	Oct 9	$15.88	$5.65	$21.53	$783.47	$826.53	2.65%
$802.50	Oct 9	$17.40	$5.03	$22.43	$780.07	$824.93	2.76%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 1.23% of stock, avg 6.46%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$825.00	$802.50	Oct 9	$5.00	$5.03	$10.03	$792.47	$835.03
$825.00	$805.00	Oct 9	$5.00	$5.65	$10.65	$794.35	$835.65
$822.50	$802.50	Oct 9	$5.90	$5.03	$10.93	$791.57	$833.43
$822.50	$805.00	Oct 9	$5.90	$5.65	$11.55	$793.45	$834.05
$820.00	$802.50	Oct 9	$6.53	$5.03	$11.56	$790.94	$831.56
$820.00	$805.00	Oct 9	$6.53	$5.65	$12.18	$792.82	$832.18
$825.00	$807.50	Oct 9	$5.00	$6.90	$11.90	$795.60	$836.90
$822.50	$807.50	Oct 9	$5.90	$6.90	$12.80	$794.70	$835.30
$820.00	$807.50	Oct 9	$6.53	$6.90	$13.43	$794.07	$833.43
$825.00	$810.00	Oct 9	$5.00	$8.05	$13.05	$796.95	$838.05

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 180 found (best R:R 7.77, avg credit $2.40)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
710/715	870/875	Nov 13	$4.43	$0.57	50%	7.77	$710.57	$874.43
730/735	870/875	Nov 13	$4.63	$0.37	44%	12.51	$730.37	$874.63
715/720	845/850	Oct 23	$3.89	$1.11	58%	3.50	$716.11	$848.89
660/665	845/850	Oct 23	$3.47	$1.53	62%	2.27	$661.53	$848.47
690/695	870/875	Nov 13	$3.45	$1.55	55%	2.23	$691.55	$873.45
690/695	835/840	Oct 9	$2.51	$2.49	73%	1.01	$692.49	$837.51
690/695	840/845	Oct 9	$2.19	$2.81	79%	0.78	$692.81	$842.19
690/695	850/855	Oct 9	$1.71	$3.29	86%	0.52	$693.29	$851.71
690/695	845/850	Oct 9	$1.74	$3.26	84%	0.53	$693.26	$846.74
690/695	830/835	Oct 9	$2.38	$2.62	68%	0.91	$692.62	$832.38

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 267 found (best R:R 124.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$860.00	$870.00	$880.00	Nov 20	$0.08	$9.92	6%	124.00
$880.00	$890.00	$900.00	Nov 20	$0.12	$9.88	5%	82.33
$845.00	$850.00	$855.00	Oct 16	$0.05	$4.95	6%	99.00
$840.00	$845.00	$850.00	Oct 23	$0.05	$4.95	6%	99.00
$840.00	$850.00	$860.00	Nov 20	$0.25	$9.75	6%	39.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$830.00	$835.00	$840.00	Oct 9	$0.11	$4.89	11%	44.45
$700.00	$710.00	$720.00	Nov 20	$0.10	$9.90	4%	99.00
$800.00	$810.00	$820.00	Nov 20	$0.27	$9.73	6%	36.04
$750.00	$755.00	$760.00	Oct 23	$0.06	$4.94	4%	82.33
$710.00	$720.00	$730.00	Oct 16	$0.07	$9.93	2%	141.86

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 181 found (best net $-30.36, 165 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$720.00	$770.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$30.36	$19.64
$840.00	$845.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.53	$4.47
$920.00	$930.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.18	$9.82
$900.00	$905.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.03	$4.97
$925.00	$930.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.04	$4.96

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$790.00	$785.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.39	$4.61
$765.00	$760.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.01	$4.99
$710.00	$700.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.01	$9.99
$770.00	$765.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.09	$4.91
$775.00	$770.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.21	$4.79

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 168 found (best yield 4.00%, avg 1.59%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$850.00	Nov 20	$32.50	0.41	4.6%	4.00%	8.60%	41	420
$820.00	Nov 20	$43.90	0.50	0.9%	5.40%	6.31%	49	126
$840.00	Nov 20	$35.60	0.44	3.4%	4.38%	7.75%	21	260
$830.00	Nov 20	$39.20	0.47	2.1%	4.82%	6.96%	91	164
$860.00	Nov 20	$28.25	0.38	5.8%	3.48%	9.31%	28	113
$870.00	Nov 20	$25.30	0.35	7.1%	3.11%	10.18%	23	310
$820.00	Nov 13	$40.45	0.50	0.9%	4.98%	5.89%	1	--
$830.00	Nov 13	$35.70	0.47	2.1%	4.39%	6.53%	2	--
$880.00	Nov 20	$22.25	0.32	8.3%	2.74%	11.03%	33	657
$855.00	Nov 13	$26.60	0.39	5.2%	3.27%	8.49%	258	1

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 12,494

Total Puts 12,655

Put/Call Ratio 1.01

Net Difference -161

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 8,930

Total Puts 15,233

Put/Call Ratio 1.71

Net Difference -6,303

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 60,083

Total Puts 59,588

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.06

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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