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CATERPILLAR INC

$811.13 -6.06%

(10/7 14:00) ◀

Wednesday, October 7, 2026 (3:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/07 3:00pm) 28,186

Calls: 14,463 (51%)

Puts: 13,723 (49%)

Prior (08/31) 27,115

Calls: 9,981 (37%)

Puts: 17,134 (63%)

Current vs Prior +3.95%

Calls: +44.91% (Calls)

Puts: -19.91% (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 +64.87%

Calls: +68.50%

Puts: +61.21%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/07 3:00pm) $49.02M

Calls: $28.74M (59%)

Puts: $20.28M (41%)

Prior (08/31) $57.26M

Calls: $37.40M (65%)

Puts: $19.86M (35%)

Current vs Prior -14.38%

Calls: -23.15%

Puts: +2.12%

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 +34.30%

Calls: +12.35%

Puts: +85.72%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/07 3:00pm) 0.95

Prior (08/31) 1.72

Current vs Prior -44.73%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.06

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -10.70%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/07 3:00pm) 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

ℹ

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

Current 2.47% | 4.85%4.85% | 12.27%

Prior 3.08% | 5.05%5.05% | 12.24%

Current vs Prior -19.87% | -3.96%-3.96% | +0.24%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -9.76% | -1.02%-17.02% | -4.20%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -19.87% | -3.96%-4.04% | -0.74%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 25.23% | 16.29%

Calls: 18.91% | 15.00%

Puts: 31.56% | 17.57%

Prior 18.00% | 12.48%

Calls: 18.61% | 14.39%

Puts: 17.40% | 10.57%

Current vs Prior +40.17% | +30.53%

Prior 7-Day Avg 33.11% | 16.53%

Calls: 33.82% | 16.68%

Puts: 32.39% | 16.38%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -23.79% | -1.47%

Liquidity Expensive

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P/C ratio dropping 45% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow NEUTRAL

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

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Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current NEUTRAL

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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
15:00	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	BULLISH
14:00	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED
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 146 of results (avg 7.7%, best 2.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$750.00	Nov 20	83.50	86.70	$85.10	3.8%	6	0.73	51
$860.00	Nov 20	27.85	29.25	$28.55	4.9%	28	0.37	113
$670.00	Nov 20	145.40	153.20	$149.30	5.2%	--	0.90	49
$810.00	Nov 20	47.75	50.35	$49.05	5.3%	46	0.53	167
$800.00	Nov 20	53.50	56.50	$55.00	5.5%	25	0.56	482

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$800.00	Nov 20	40.20	41.35	$40.78	2.8%	57	0.44	683
$790.00	Nov 20	35.60	36.75	$36.17	3.2%	52	0.40	293
$820.00	Nov 20	49.40	51.50	$50.45	4.2%	52	0.50	170
$830.00	Nov 20	55.00	57.50	$56.25	4.4%	22	0.53	286
$780.00	Nov 20	31.00	32.55	$31.78	4.9%	57	0.37	388

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.88, cheapest $0.88)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$900.00	Oct 16	0.80	0.96	$0.88	18.2%	503	0.04	1.4K

PUTS (0)

No puts meet the criteria

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 227 found (avg delta 0.75, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$650.00	Oct 16	158.90	168.00	$163.45	5.6%	--	1.00	30
$670.00	Oct 16	138.70	149.60	$144.15	7.6%	--	1.00	12
$700.00	Oct 16	109.00	117.95	$113.48	7.9%	1	0.99	14
$650.00	Oct 23	158.80	169.85	$164.33	6.7%	20	0.99	--
$750.00	Oct 9	58.60	68.60	$63.60	15.7%	--	0.99	11

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$870.00	Oct 9	56.75	64.85	$60.80	13.3%	4	1.00	20
$875.00	Oct 9	60.40	67.90	$64.15	11.7%	12	1.00	21
$880.00	Oct 9	64.20	73.30	$68.75	13.2%	10	1.00	28
$885.00	Oct 9	70.25	77.90	$74.08	10.3%	--	1.00	20
$895.00	Oct 9	80.20	87.65	$83.93	8.9%	--	1.00	11

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 529 active (total vol 22.3K, top 773)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$825.00	Oct 9	3.65	5.15	$4.40	34.1%	659	0.29	225
$900.00	Oct 16	0.80	0.96	$0.88	18.2%	503	0.04	1.4K
$900.00	Oct 9	0.04	0.05	$0.05	20.0%	416	0.00	1.9K
$850.00	Oct 16	5.40	6.15	$5.78	13.0%	393	0.22	417
$850.00	Nov 13	28.10	31.95	$30.03	12.8%	384	0.40	6

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$740.00	Oct 23	3.20	3.95	$3.58	20.9%	773	0.11	109
$800.00	Oct 9	4.10	5.35	$4.72	26.5%	433	0.31	354
$790.00	Oct 9	1.85	2.79	$2.32	40.5%	377	0.18	98
$755.00	Oct 23	4.85	6.45	$5.65	28.3%	335	0.17	98
$785.00	Oct 9	1.10	2.11	$1.61	62.7%	311	0.14	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 6.2%, max 9.7%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$827.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	40.2%	36.7%	9.7%	45	13
$817.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	40.7%	38.1%	6.8%	219	69
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	39.4%	37.5%	5.1%	129	26
$822.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	39.8%	38.9%	2.2%	224	30

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$827.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	40.2%	36.7%	9.7%	10	37
$797.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	38.6%	35.7%	8.1%	89	125
$817.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	40.7%	38.1%	6.8%	115	213
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	39.4%	37.5%	5.1%	101	102
$822.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	39.8%	38.9%	2.2%	39	207

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 396 found (best R:R 1.38, avg 6.66)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$745.00	$750.00	Oct 30	$2.10	$2.90	$2.10	78%	1.38	$747.10
$760.00	$765.00	Oct 9	$3.25	$1.75	$3.25	98%	0.54	$763.25
$760.00	$770.00	Nov 20	$5.20	$4.80	$5.20	70%	0.92	$765.20
$820.00	$830.00	Nov 13	$3.27	$6.73	$3.27	49%	2.06	$823.27
$760.00	$790.00	Nov 13	$18.55	$11.45	$18.55	70%	0.62	$778.55

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$835.00	$830.00	Oct 16	$1.68	$3.32	$1.68	68%	1.98	$833.32
$830.00	$827.50	Oct 9	$0.56	$1.94	$0.56	78%	3.46	$829.44
$850.00	$845.00	Oct 23	$2.22	$2.78	$2.22	72%	1.25	$847.78
$845.00	$840.00	Oct 23	$2.11	$2.89	$2.11	69%	1.37	$842.89
$855.00	$850.00	Oct 30	$2.08	$2.92	$2.08	65%	1.40	$852.92

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 315 found (best R:R 0.52, avg 0.41)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$960.00	$965.00	Oct 9	$2.04	$2.04	$2.96	94%	0.69	$962.04
$945.00	$950.00	Oct 23	$1.96	$1.96	$3.04	92%	0.64	$946.96
$965.00	$970.00	Oct 30	$1.97	$1.97	$3.03	90%	0.65	$966.97
$965.00	$970.00	Oct 23	$1.48	$1.48	$3.52	94%	0.42	$966.48
$822.50	$825.00	Oct 23	$2.23	$2.23	$0.27	55%	8.26	$824.73

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$720.00	$710.00	Nov 6	$3.40	$3.40	$6.60	83%	0.52	$716.60
$665.00	$660.00	Oct 23	$2.02	$2.02	$2.98	95%	0.68	$662.98
$785.00	$780.00	Nov 13	$3.73	$3.73	$1.27	62%	2.94	$781.27
$730.00	$725.00	Nov 6	$2.68	$2.68	$2.32	80%	1.16	$727.32
$795.00	$790.00	Nov 6	$3.32	$3.32	$1.68	58%	1.98	$791.68

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 16 found (avg debit $8.77, cheapest $8.72)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$815.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.90	40.7%	35.8%
$822.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.61	39.8%	35.7%
$817.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.27	40.7%	36.8%
$820.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.55	39.7%	36.0%
$805.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.80	39.2%	36.0%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$815.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.72	40.7%	35.8%
$822.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.82	39.8%	35.7%
$817.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.40	40.7%	36.8%
$820.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.00	39.7%	36.0%
$805.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.17	39.2%	36.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 169 found (cheapest 2.32% of stock, avg 8.14%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$812.50	Oct 9	$8.82	$9.98	$18.80	$793.70	$831.30	2.32%
$810.00	Oct 9	$10.05	$8.88	$18.93	$791.07	$828.93	2.33%
$815.00	Oct 9	$8.03	$11.43	$19.46	$795.54	$834.46	2.40%
$817.50	Oct 9	$7.00	$12.83	$19.83	$797.67	$837.33	2.44%
$805.00	Oct 9	$13.45	$6.78	$20.23	$784.77	$825.23	2.49%
$802.50	Oct 9	$15.05	$5.50	$20.55	$781.95	$823.05	2.53%
$807.50	Oct 9	$13.18	$7.70	$20.88	$786.62	$828.38	2.57%
$820.00	Oct 9	$6.20	$14.68	$20.88	$799.12	$840.88	2.57%
$822.50	Oct 9	$5.07	$15.85	$20.92	$801.58	$843.42	2.58%
$800.00	Oct 9	$16.63	$4.72	$21.35	$778.65	$821.35	2.63%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 1.21% of stock, avg 6.51%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$822.50	$800.00	Oct 9	$5.07	$4.72	$9.79	$790.21	$832.29
$822.50	$802.50	Oct 9	$5.07	$5.50	$10.57	$791.93	$833.07
$820.00	$800.00	Oct 9	$6.20	$4.72	$10.92	$789.08	$830.92
$820.00	$802.50	Oct 9	$6.20	$5.50	$11.70	$790.80	$831.70
$822.50	$805.00	Oct 9	$5.07	$6.78	$11.85	$793.15	$834.35
$817.50	$800.00	Oct 9	$7.00	$4.72	$11.72	$788.28	$829.22
$817.50	$802.50	Oct 9	$7.00	$5.50	$12.50	$790.00	$830.00
$820.00	$805.00	Oct 9	$6.20	$6.78	$12.98	$792.02	$832.98
$817.50	$805.00	Oct 9	$7.00	$6.78	$13.78	$791.22	$831.28
$822.50	$807.50	Oct 9	$5.07	$7.70	$12.77	$794.73	$835.27

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 210 found (best R:R 2.23, avg credit $2.22)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
660/665	845/850	Oct 23	$3.45	$1.55	64%	2.23	$661.55	$848.45
660/665	840/845	Oct 23	$3.57	$1.43	61%	2.50	$661.43	$843.57
660/665	850/855	Oct 23	$3.27	$1.73	67%	1.89	$661.73	$853.27
725/730	860/865	Nov 6	$4.16	$0.84	46%	4.95	$725.84	$864.16
690/695	865/870	Nov 13	$3.34	$1.66	53%	2.01	$691.66	$868.34
650/655	860/865	Oct 30	$2.87	$2.13	61%	1.35	$652.13	$862.87
655/660	860/865	Nov 6	$2.84	$2.16	60%	1.31	$657.16	$862.84
660/665	860/865	Nov 6	$2.75	$2.25	58%	1.22	$662.25	$862.75
650/655	855/860	Oct 30	$2.56	$2.44	59%	1.05	$652.44	$857.56
665/670	865/870	Nov 13	$2.53	$2.47	57%	1.02	$667.47	$867.53

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 275 found (best R:R 141.86, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$740.00	$750.00	$760.00	Oct 23	$0.07	$9.93	7%	141.86
$730.00	$740.00	$750.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$9.93	6%	141.86
$930.00	$940.00	$950.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$9.93	4%	141.86
$835.00	$840.00	$845.00	Oct 23	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43
$840.00	$845.00	$850.00	Oct 16	$0.11	$4.89	7%	44.45

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$740.00	$750.00	$760.00	Nov 20	$0.08	$9.92	6%	124.00
$770.00	$780.00	$790.00	Nov 20	$0.16	$9.84	7%	61.50
$890.00	$900.00	$910.00	Oct 16	$0.09	$9.91	5%	110.11
$780.00	$790.00	$800.00	Nov 20	$0.22	$9.78	7%	44.45
$800.00	$805.00	$810.00	Oct 16	$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. 186 found (best net $-34.20, 171 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$650.00	$715.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$34.20	$30.80
$720.00	$770.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$26.60	$23.40
$910.00	$920.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.06	$9.94
$865.00	$870.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.01	$4.99
$835.00	$840.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.59	$4.41

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$730.00	$720.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.15	$9.85
$710.00	$700.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.03	$9.97
$765.00	$760.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.08	$4.92
$785.00	$780.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.49	$4.51
$720.00	$710.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.16	$9.84

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 164 found (best yield 4.81%, avg 1.63%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$830.00	Nov 20	$39.00	0.47	2.3%	4.81%	7.13%	91	164
$820.00	Nov 20	$43.00	0.50	1.1%	5.30%	6.39%	51	126
$850.00	Nov 20	$30.95	0.40	4.8%	3.82%	8.61%	52	420
$840.00	Nov 20	$33.70	0.43	3.6%	4.15%	7.71%	21	260
$860.00	Nov 20	$27.85	0.37	6.0%	3.43%	9.46%	28	113
$870.00	Nov 20	$24.45	0.34	7.3%	3.01%	10.27%	23	310
$840.00	Nov 13	$31.90	0.43	3.6%	3.93%	7.49%	37	--
$830.00	Nov 13	$35.55	0.46	2.3%	4.38%	6.71%	2	--
$820.00	Nov 13	$39.70	0.49	1.1%	4.89%	5.99%	3	--
$815.00	Nov 13	$42.00	0.51	0.5%	5.18%	5.66%	3	--

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 14,463

Total Puts 13,723

Put/Call Ratio 0.95

Net Difference 740

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 9,981

Total Puts 17,134

Put/Call Ratio 1.72

Net Difference -7,153

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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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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