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CATERPILLAR INC

$813.83 -5.75%

(10/7 15:00) ◀

Wednesday, October 7, 2026 (4:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/07 4:00pm) 31,614

Calls: 16,319 (52%)

Puts: 15,295 (48%)

Prior (08/31) 32,811

Calls: 12,263 (37%)

Puts: 20,548 (63%)

Current vs Prior -3.65%

Calls: +33.08% (Calls)

Puts: -25.56% (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 +84.92%

Calls: +90.13%

Puts: +79.68%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/07 4:00pm) $54.95M

Calls: $32.82M (60%)

Puts: $22.13M (40%)

Prior (08/31) $62.28M

Calls: $40.87M (66%)

Puts: $21.40M (34%)

Current vs Prior -11.76%

Calls: -19.69%

Puts: +3.37%

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 +50.53%

Calls: +28.29%

Puts: +102.64%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/07 4:00pm) 0.94

Prior (08/31) 1.68

Current vs Prior -44.07%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.06

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -11.78%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/07 4:00pm) 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% | 4.63%4.63% | 12.05%

Prior 3.08% | 5.05%5.05% | 12.24%

Current vs Prior -19.94% | -8.32%-8.32% | -1.50%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -9.83% | -5.51%-20.78% | -5.86%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -19.94% | -8.32%-8.39% | -2.46%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 29.18% | 23.64%

Calls: 26.03% | 20.77%

Puts: 32.32% | 26.51%

Prior 18.00% | 12.48%

Calls: 18.61% | 14.39%

Puts: 17.40% | 10.57%

Current vs Prior +62.11% | +89.42%

Prior 7-Day Avg 33.11% | 16.53%

Calls: 33.82% | 16.68%

Puts: 32.39% | 16.38%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -11.86% | +42.99%

Liquidity Expensive

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Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (51% higher). Volume explosion - 85% above 7-day average (31,614 vs avg 17,095). P/C ratio dropping 44% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow NEUTRAL

Overall BULLISH

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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
16:00	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	BULLISH
15:00	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	BULLISH
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 67 of results (avg 8.3%, best 4.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$810.00	Oct 30	39.75	41.60	$40.67	4.5%	30	0.52	21
$810.00	Nov 20	47.95	50.80	$49.38	5.8%	53	0.53	167
$670.00	Nov 20	145.55	154.50	$150.03	6.0%	--	0.91	49
$660.00	Nov 20	154.70	164.65	$159.68	6.2%	--	0.92	23
$670.00	Oct 16	139.35	149.05	$144.20	6.7%	--	1.00	12

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$950.00	Nov 20	140.65	148.55	$144.60	5.5%	--	0.84	13
$960.00	Nov 20	149.50	158.60	$154.05	5.9%	--	0.85	49
$950.00	Oct 30	137.15	146.40	$141.78	6.5%	1	0.89	--
$940.00	Nov 20	131.90	141.15	$136.53	6.8%	--	0.82	54
$940.00	Oct 16	122.75	131.80	$127.28	7.1%	--	0.98	78

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. 222 found (avg delta 0.74, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$720.00	Oct 9	88.75	98.65	$93.70	10.6%	--	1.00	11
$750.00	Oct 9	58.85	68.05	$63.45	14.5%	--	1.00	11
$760.00	Oct 9	48.90	58.00	$53.45	17.0%	--	1.00	21
$765.00	Oct 9	43.95	53.10	$48.53	18.9%	--	1.00	10
$770.00	Oct 9	39.20	48.05	$43.63	20.3%	2	1.00	90

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$900.00	Oct 9	82.50	91.85	$87.18	10.7%	12	0.99	15
$905.00	Oct 9	86.95	96.60	$91.78	10.5%	12	0.99	3
$885.00	Oct 9	67.50	76.85	$72.18	13.0%	--	0.99	20
$895.00	Oct 9	77.50	86.85	$82.18	11.4%	--	0.99	11
$950.00	Oct 16	130.25	141.60	$135.93	8.3%	--	0.99	10

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 534 active (total vol 24.6K, top 777)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$825.00	Oct 9	3.90	6.10	$5.00	44.0%	738	0.32	225
$900.00	Oct 16	0.77	0.96	$0.87	21.8%	541	0.04	1.4K
$850.00	Oct 16	5.50	6.10	$5.80	10.3%	466	0.22	417
$850.00	Nov 13	26.40	32.80	$29.60	21.6%	450	0.40	6
$900.00	Oct 9	0.04	0.07	$0.06	50.0%	448	0.01	1.9K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$740.00	Oct 23	2.48	4.10	$3.29	49.2%	777	0.11	109
$800.00	Oct 9	3.00	5.05	$4.03	50.9%	450	0.28	354
$790.00	Oct 9	1.21	2.25	$1.73	60.1%	425	0.15	98
$755.00	Oct 23	4.40	6.35	$5.38	36.2%	336	0.16	98
$785.00	Oct 9	0.91	1.55	$1.23	52.0%	333	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 10.6%, max 13.6%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	40.4%	35.6%	13.6%	179	26
$827.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	40.4%	35.5%	13.6%	68	13
$822.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	40.5%	36.1%	12.3%	248	30
$817.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	38.8%	37.1%	4.6%	255	69

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	40.4%	35.6%	13.6%	103	102
$827.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	40.4%	35.5%	13.6%	10	37
$822.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	40.5%	36.1%	12.3%	39	207
$797.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	37.4%	34.9%	7.3%	92	125
$817.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	38.8%	37.1%	4.6%	121	213

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 376 found (best R:R 12.16, avg 5.90)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$815.00	$820.00	Oct 30	$0.38	$4.62	$0.38	50%	12.16	$815.38
$790.00	$800.00	Nov 20	$4.05	$5.95	$4.05	60%	1.47	$794.05
$760.00	$790.00	Nov 13	$18.60	$11.40	$18.60	71%	0.61	$778.60
$760.00	$770.00	Nov 20	$5.50	$4.50	$5.50	70%	0.82	$765.50
$740.00	$750.00	Nov 20	$6.15	$3.85	$6.15	76%	0.63	$746.15

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$830.00	$825.00	Oct 30	$0.83	$4.17	$0.83	55%	5.02	$829.17
$840.00	$835.00	Oct 23	$1.45	$3.55	$1.45	66%	2.45	$838.55
$800.00	$795.00	Nov 13	$0.60	$4.40	$0.60	43%	7.33	$799.40
$850.00	$845.00	Oct 16	$2.52	$2.48	$2.52	78%	0.98	$847.48
$775.00	$770.00	Oct 23	$0.14	$4.86	$0.14	24%	34.71	$774.86

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 301 found (best R:R 5.02, avg 0.49)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$935.00	$940.00	Oct 9	$2.12	$2.12	$2.88	93%	0.74	$937.12
$960.00	$965.00	Oct 9	$2.04	$2.04	$2.96	94%	0.69	$962.04
$915.00	$920.00	Oct 16	$2.07	$2.07	$2.93	92%	0.71	$917.07
$965.00	$970.00	Oct 30	$1.85	$1.85	$3.15	90%	0.59	$966.85
$905.00	$910.00	Nov 13	$2.57	$2.57	$2.43	76%	1.06	$907.57

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$785.00	$780.00	Nov 13	$4.17	$4.17	$0.83	62%	5.02	$780.83
$665.00	$660.00	Oct 23	$2.04	$2.04	$2.96	95%	0.69	$662.96
$780.00	$775.00	Oct 23	$3.01	$3.01	$1.99	72%	1.51	$776.99
$755.00	$750.00	Oct 30	$2.53	$2.53	$2.47	74%	1.02	$752.47
$660.00	$655.00	Nov 6	$1.38	$1.38	$3.62	94%	0.38	$658.62

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 16 found (avg debit $8.34, cheapest $7.48)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$825.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$7.48	40.2%	35.0%
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.84	40.4%	35.6%
$822.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$7.93	40.5%	35.7%
$810.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.25	37.6%	33.5%
$817.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.50	38.8%	35.7%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$825.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$7.90	40.2%	35.0%
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.70	40.4%	35.6%
$822.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.40	40.5%	35.7%
$810.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.25	37.6%	33.5%
$817.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$7.55	38.8%	35.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 173 found (cheapest 2.25% of stock, avg 8.14%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$815.00	Oct 9	$8.40	$9.90	$18.30	$796.70	$833.30	2.25%
$810.00	Oct 9	$10.88	$7.48	$18.36	$791.64	$828.36	2.26%
$807.50	Oct 9	$12.33	$6.60	$18.93	$788.57	$826.43	2.33%
$820.00	Oct 9	$6.18	$12.95	$19.13	$800.87	$839.13	2.35%
$812.50	Oct 9	$10.18	$9.32	$19.50	$793.00	$832.00	2.40%
$817.50	Oct 9	$7.43	$12.25	$19.68	$797.82	$837.18	2.42%
$802.50	Oct 9	$15.45	$4.93	$20.38	$782.12	$822.88	2.50%
$822.50	Oct 9	$5.90	$14.63	$20.53	$801.97	$843.03	2.52%
$800.00	Oct 9	$17.15	$4.03	$21.18	$778.82	$821.18	2.60%
$805.00	Oct 9	$15.70	$5.45	$21.15	$783.85	$826.15	2.60%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 1.22% 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	$4.93	$9.93	$792.57	$834.93
$825.00	$805.00	Oct 9	$5.00	$5.45	$10.45	$794.55	$835.45
$822.50	$802.50	Oct 9	$5.90	$4.93	$10.83	$791.67	$833.33
$822.50	$805.00	Oct 9	$5.90	$5.45	$11.35	$793.65	$833.85
$820.00	$802.50	Oct 9	$6.18	$4.93	$11.11	$791.39	$831.11
$820.00	$805.00	Oct 9	$6.18	$5.45	$11.63	$793.37	$831.63
$825.00	$807.50	Oct 9	$5.00	$6.60	$11.60	$795.90	$836.60
$820.00	$807.50	Oct 9	$6.18	$6.60	$12.78	$794.72	$832.78
$822.50	$807.50	Oct 9	$5.90	$6.60	$12.50	$795.00	$835.00
$817.50	$802.50	Oct 9	$7.43	$4.93	$12.36	$790.14	$829.86

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 210 found (best R:R 2.05, avg credit $2.17)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
740/750	900/910	Nov 20	$6.72	$3.28	46%	2.05	$743.28	$906.72
660/665	840/845	Oct 23	$3.17	$1.83	62%	1.73	$661.83	$843.17
660/665	845/850	Oct 23	$2.96	$2.04	64%	1.45	$662.04	$847.96
690/700	900/910	Nov 20	$4.95	$5.05	59%	0.98	$695.05	$904.95
715/720	860/865	Oct 30	$3.23	$1.77	52%	1.82	$716.77	$863.23
700/710	900/910	Nov 20	$5.15	$4.85	57%	1.06	$704.85	$905.15
720/730	900/910	Nov 20	$5.48	$4.52	52%	1.21	$724.52	$905.48
715/720	865/870	Nov 13	$3.24	$1.76	48%	1.84	$716.76	$868.24
690/695	860/865	Oct 30	$2.76	$2.24	57%	1.23	$692.24	$862.76
710/720	900/910	Nov 20	$5.17	$4.83	54%	1.07	$714.83	$905.17

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 267 found (best R:R 89.91, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$775.00	$780.00	$785.00	Oct 23	$0.07	$4.93	7%	70.43
$820.00	$830.00	$840.00	Nov 20	$0.27	$9.73	6%	36.04
$840.00	$845.00	$850.00	Oct 9	$0.12	$4.88	6%	40.67
$750.00	$760.00	$770.00	Oct 16	$0.47	$9.53	10%	20.28
$965.00	$970.00	$975.00	Nov 6	$0.07	$4.93	3%	70.43

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$780.00	$790.00	$800.00	Nov 20	$0.11	$9.89	7%	89.91
$830.00	$840.00	$850.00	Nov 20	$0.14	$9.86	6%	70.43
$830.00	$835.00	$840.00	Oct 9	$0.10	$4.90	11%	49.00
$760.00	$770.00	$780.00	Nov 20	$0.16	$9.84	6%	61.50
$880.00	$890.00	$900.00	Oct 16	$0.10	$9.90	5%	99.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 187 found (best net $-29.41, 173 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$720.00	$770.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$29.41	$20.59
$850.00	$855.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.11	$4.89
$865.00	$870.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.07	$4.93
$895.00	$900.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.02	$4.98
$915.00	$920.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.03	$4.97

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$795.00	$790.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.73	$4.27
$735.00	$730.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.10	$4.90
$710.00	$700.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.05	$9.95
$747.50	$745.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.02	$2.48
$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. 163 found (best yield 4.31%, avg 1.54%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$840.00	Nov 20	$35.10	0.44	3.2%	4.31%	7.53%	27	260
$820.00	Nov 20	$42.95	0.50	0.8%	5.28%	6.04%	55	126
$830.00	Nov 20	$38.45	0.47	2.0%	4.72%	6.71%	95	164
$850.00	Nov 20	$30.95	0.41	4.4%	3.80%	8.25%	64	420
$860.00	Nov 20	$27.80	0.38	5.7%	3.42%	9.09%	42	113
$870.00	Nov 20	$23.90	0.35	6.9%	2.94%	9.84%	25	310
$880.00	Nov 20	$22.30	0.32	8.1%	2.74%	10.87%	50	657
$835.00	Nov 13	$32.20	0.45	2.6%	3.96%	6.56%	1	--
$815.00	Nov 13	$40.45	0.52	0.1%	4.97%	5.11%	3	--
$890.00	Nov 20	$19.00	0.29	9.4%	2.33%	11.69%	90	261

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 16,319

Total Puts 15,295

Put/Call Ratio 0.94

Net Difference 1,024

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 12,263

Total Puts 20,548

Put/Call Ratio 1.68

Net Difference -8,285

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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