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CATERPILLAR INC

$812.11 -0.21%

(10/7 18:00) ◀

Thursday, October 8, 2026 (9:35am)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/08 9:35am) 329

Calls: 159 (48%)

Puts: 170 (52%)

Prior (08/04) 3,010

Calls: 1,619 (54%)

Puts: 1,391 (46%)

Current vs Prior -89.07%

Calls: -90.18% (Calls)

Puts: -87.78% (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 -98.08%

Calls: -98.15%

Puts: -98.00%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/08 9:35am) $513.1K

Calls: $327.0K (64%)

Puts: $186.1K (36%)

Prior (08/04) $7.76M

Calls: $6.34M (82%)

Puts: $1.42M (18%)

Current vs Prior -93.39%

Calls: -94.84%

Puts: -86.90%

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 -98.59%

Calls: -98.72%

Puts: -98.30%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/08 9:35am) 1.07

Prior (08/04) 0.86

Current vs Prior +24.44%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.06

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +0.63%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/08 9:35am) 245,262

Calls: 120,303 (49%)

Puts: 124,959 (51%)

Prior (08/04) 282,032

Calls: 138,631 (49%)

Puts: 143,401 (51%)

Current vs Prior -13.04%

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 +7.26%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

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

Current 2.42% | 4.49%4.49% | 11.98%

Prior 3.08% | 5.05%5.05% | 12.24%

Current vs Prior -21.37% | -11.10%-11.10% | -2.06%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -11.44% | -8.38%-23.19% | -6.40%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.08% | 5.05%4.63% | 12.05%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -21.37% | -11.10%-3.03% | -0.57%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 48.88% | 29.55%

Calls: 43.86% | 28.28%

Puts: 53.90% | 30.81%

Prior 18.00% | 12.48%

Calls: 18.61% | 14.39%

Puts: 17.40% | 10.57%

Current vs Prior +171.56% | +136.78%

Prior 7-Day Avg 33.11% | 16.53%

Calls: 33.82% | 16.68%

Puts: 32.39% | 16.38%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +47.65% | +78.73%

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Moderately bullish flow with 64% call dollar volume ($327.0K). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 93% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 89% vs prior. Slightly bearish P/C ratio of 1.07.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow NEUTRAL

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Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

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
09:35	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 26 of results (avg 8.6%, best 7.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$650.00	Nov 20	162.15	173.85	$168.00	7.0%	--	0.93	34
$650.00	Oct 16	158.00	169.70	$163.85	7.1%	--	0.99	30
$650.00	Oct 23	158.45	170.25	$164.35	7.2%	--	1.00	20
$660.00	Nov 20	152.75	164.60	$158.68	7.5%	--	0.92	23
$670.00	Nov 20	144.15	155.65	$149.90	7.7%	--	0.91	49

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$850.00	Nov 20	63.55	68.55	$66.05	7.6%	--	0.59	153
$860.00	Nov 20	69.50	75.25	$72.38	7.9%	--	0.62	123
$950.00	Nov 20	139.20	150.75	$144.98	8.0%	--	0.85	13
$960.00	Nov 20	147.05	159.35	$153.20	8.0%	--	0.85	49
$940.00	Nov 20	130.55	142.05	$136.30	8.4%	--	0.83	54

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 0.74, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$750.00	Oct 9	59.05	69.05	$64.05	15.6%	--	1.00	11
$650.00	Oct 23	158.45	170.25	$164.35	7.2%	--	1.00	20
$700.00	Oct 23	109.65	121.65	$115.65	10.4%	--	1.00	15
$650.00	Oct 16	158.00	169.70	$163.85	7.1%	--	0.99	30
$670.00	Oct 16	138.15	150.65	$144.40	8.7%	--	0.99	12

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$910.00	Oct 16	93.05	103.05	$98.05	10.2%	--	1.00	115
$870.00	Oct 9	52.40	62.40	$57.40	17.4%	--	0.96	12
$890.00	Oct 16	73.45	82.65	$78.05	11.8%	--	0.95	84
$930.00	Oct 23	111.65	123.30	$117.48	9.9%	--	0.95	16
$860.00	Oct 9	42.45	52.45	$47.45	21.1%	--	0.95	38

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 88 active (total vol 280, top 22)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$850.00	Oct 9	0.26	0.74	$0.50	96.0%	22	0.05	166
$820.00	Oct 9	4.55	6.55	$5.55	36.0%	16	0.38	199
$830.00	Oct 9	1.79	4.55	$3.17	87.1%	9	0.24	113
$825.00	Oct 16	11.75	14.15	$12.95	18.5%	7	0.41	122
$900.00	Oct 16	0.75	0.96	$0.86	24.4%	7	0.04	1.5K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$785.00	Oct 9	0.65	1.75	$1.20	91.7%	12	0.11	222
$800.00	Oct 9	2.95	4.45	$3.70	40.5%	9	0.27	594
$740.00	Oct 16	0.71	1.86	$1.29	89.1%	8	0.06	769
$770.00	Oct 16	2.91	4.55	$3.73	44.0%	7	0.15	1.2K
$745.00	Oct 30	10.95	14.90	$12.93	30.5%	7	0.22	89

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 21 strikes (avg 12.1%, max 38.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	47.5%	36.4%	30.2%	3	77
$827.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	46.4%	37.5%	23.6%	--	32
$830.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	48.0%	41.2%	16.6%	9	330
$800.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	45.5%	40.1%	13.6%	--	518
$810.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	42.8%	40.1%	6.8%	6	350

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$797.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	52.5%	38.0%	38.1%	--	164
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	47.5%	36.4%	30.2%	--	121
$827.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	46.4%	35.7%	29.9%	--	56
$830.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	48.0%	41.2%	16.6%	--	506
$800.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	45.5%	40.1%	13.6%	15	1.3K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 316 found (best R:R 9.87, avg 5.68)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$840.00	$850.00	Nov 20	$0.92	$9.08	$0.92	43%	9.87	$840.92
$805.00	$810.00	Oct 23	$0.32	$4.68	$0.32	55%	14.62	$805.32
$770.00	$775.00	Oct 30	$1.30	$3.70	$1.30	69%	2.85	$771.30
$800.00	$810.00	Nov 20	$3.55	$6.45	$3.55	57%	1.82	$803.55
$875.00	$885.00	Nov 13	$1.23	$8.77	$1.23	31%	7.13	$876.23

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$790.00	$780.00	Nov 6	$0.92	$9.08	$0.92	40%	9.87	$789.08
$855.00	$850.00	Oct 23	$2.15	$2.85	$2.15	76%	1.33	$852.85
$780.00	$770.00	Nov 13	$2.15	$7.85	$2.15	36%	3.65	$777.85
$870.00	$865.00	Oct 16	$3.20	$1.80	$3.20	88%	0.56	$866.80
$860.00	$840.00	Nov 6	$11.35	$8.65	$11.35	66%	0.76	$848.65

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 255 found (best R:R 1.50, avg 0.55)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$965.00	$970.00	Oct 30	$3.00	$3.00	$2.00	87%	1.50	$968.00
$915.00	$920.00	Oct 30	$2.86	$2.86	$2.14	82%	1.34	$917.86
$885.00	$890.00	Oct 23	$2.72	$2.72	$2.28	82%	1.19	$887.72
$925.00	$930.00	Oct 23	$1.96	$1.96	$3.04	91%	0.64	$926.96
$945.00	$950.00	Oct 23	$1.80	$1.80	$3.20	93%	0.56	$946.80

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$710.00	$700.00	Nov 6	$3.72	$3.72	$6.28	84%	0.59	$706.28
$800.00	$790.00	Nov 6	$6.38	$6.38	$3.62	56%	1.76	$793.62
$785.00	$780.00	Nov 13	$3.68	$3.68	$1.32	61%	2.79	$781.32
$705.00	$700.00	Oct 23	$1.82	$1.82	$3.18	93%	0.57	$703.18
$745.00	$740.00	Oct 23	$2.30	$2.30	$2.70	83%	0.85	$742.70

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 14 found (avg debit $9.30, cheapest $8.73)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$815.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.73	47.0%	35.7%
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$10.15	47.5%	36.4%
$820.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.75	44.6%	37.3%
$805.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.92	42.9%	36.8%
$810.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.44	42.8%	37.6%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$815.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.05	47.0%	35.7%
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.35	47.5%	36.4%
$820.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.97	44.6%	37.3%
$805.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.05	42.9%	36.8%
$810.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.74	42.8%	37.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 139 found (cheapest 2.08% of stock, avg 7.63%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$817.50	Oct 9	$6.25	$10.63	$16.88	$800.62	$834.38	2.08%
$820.00	Oct 9	$5.55	$11.83	$17.38	$802.62	$837.38	2.14%
$822.50	Oct 9	$3.91	$13.58	$17.49	$805.01	$839.99	2.15%
$810.00	Oct 9	$10.83	$6.78	$17.61	$792.39	$827.61	2.17%
$815.00	Oct 9	$8.07	$9.55	$17.62	$797.38	$832.62	2.17%
$807.50	Oct 9	$12.35	$5.43	$17.78	$789.72	$825.28	2.19%
$812.50	Oct 9	$9.00	$8.85	$17.85	$794.65	$830.35	2.20%
$825.00	Oct 9	$3.93	$15.08	$19.01	$805.99	$844.01	2.34%
$805.00	Oct 9	$14.48	$4.80	$19.28	$785.72	$824.28	2.37%
$827.50	Oct 9	$3.53	$16.83	$20.36	$807.14	$847.86	2.51%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 1.01% of stock, avg 6.25%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$822.50	$802.50	Oct 9	$3.91	$4.28	$8.19	$794.31	$830.69
$825.00	$802.50	Oct 9	$3.93	$4.28	$8.21	$794.29	$833.21
$822.50	$805.00	Oct 9	$3.91	$4.80	$8.71	$796.29	$831.21
$825.00	$805.00	Oct 9	$3.93	$4.80	$8.73	$796.27	$833.73
$822.50	$807.50	Oct 9	$3.91	$5.43	$9.34	$798.16	$831.84
$825.00	$807.50	Oct 9	$3.93	$5.43	$9.36	$798.14	$834.36
$820.00	$802.50	Oct 9	$5.55	$4.28	$9.83	$792.67	$829.83
$820.00	$805.00	Oct 9	$5.55	$4.80	$10.35	$794.65	$830.35
$820.00	$807.50	Oct 9	$5.55	$5.43	$10.98	$796.52	$830.98
$817.50	$802.50	Oct 9	$6.25	$4.28	$10.53	$791.97	$828.03

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 270 found (best R:R 5.41, avg credit $2.68)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
700/705	845/850	Oct 23	$4.22	$0.78	62%	5.41	$700.78	$849.22
740/745	845/850	Oct 23	$4.70	$0.30	52%	15.67	$740.30	$849.70
705/710	845/850	Oct 23	$4.14	$0.86	59%	4.81	$705.86	$849.14
660/665	845/850	Oct 23	$3.91	$1.09	64%	3.59	$661.09	$848.91
700/705	850/855	Oct 23	$3.69	$1.31	66%	2.82	$701.31	$853.69
740/745	850/855	Oct 23	$4.17	$0.83	56%	5.02	$740.83	$854.17
690/695	845/850	Oct 23	$3.80	$1.20	62%	3.17	$691.20	$848.80
735/740	845/850	Oct 23	$4.10	$0.90	56%	4.56	$735.90	$849.10
705/710	850/855	Oct 23	$3.61	$1.39	63%	2.60	$706.39	$853.61
660/665	850/855	Oct 23	$3.38	$1.62	67%	2.09	$661.62	$853.38

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 208 found (best R:R 57.82, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$770.00	$780.00	$790.00	Nov 20	$0.17	$9.83	7%	57.82
$750.00	$760.00	$770.00	Oct 16	$0.17	$9.83	6%	57.82
$750.00	$760.00	$770.00	Nov 20	$0.20	$9.80	6%	49.00
$690.00	$700.00	$710.00	Nov 20	$0.13	$9.87	4%	75.92
$770.00	$775.00	$780.00	Oct 23	$0.15	$4.85	8%	32.33

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$730.00	$740.00	$750.00	Nov 20	$0.27	$9.73	6%	36.04
$740.00	$745.00	$750.00	Nov 13	$0.06	$4.94	3%	82.33
$780.00	$785.00	$790.00	Oct 16	$0.17	$4.83	7%	28.41
$815.00	$817.50	$820.00	Oct 9	$0.12	$2.38	9%	19.83
$802.50	$805.00	$807.50	Oct 9	$0.11	$2.39	8%	21.73

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 171 found (best net $-24.95, 156 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$650.00	$720.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$24.95	$45.05
$920.00	$960.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$2.50	$37.50
$885.00	$890.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.05	$4.95
$950.00	$960.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.12	$9.88
$860.00	$865.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.30	$4.70

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$797.50	$795.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.38	$2.12
$735.00	$730.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.15	$4.85
$785.00	$780.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.38	$4.62
$775.00	$770.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.29	$4.71
$760.00	$755.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.24	$4.76

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 137 found (best yield 3.88%, avg 1.38%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$850.00	Nov 20	$31.50	0.41	4.7%	3.88%	8.54%	3	446
$860.00	Nov 20	$27.05	0.38	5.9%	3.33%	9.23%	3	116
$820.00	Nov 20	$41.00	0.50	1.0%	5.05%	6.02%	5	160
$840.00	Nov 13	$30.95	0.42	3.4%	3.81%	7.25%	--	12
$840.00	Nov 20	$30.25	0.43	3.4%	3.72%	7.16%	--	251
$830.00	Nov 20	$33.60	0.47	2.2%	4.14%	6.34%	--	217
$845.00	Nov 13	$28.45	0.40	4.0%	3.50%	7.55%	--	41
$870.00	Nov 20	$21.45	0.34	7.1%	2.64%	9.77%	--	303
$880.00	Nov 20	$19.75	0.31	8.4%	2.43%	10.79%	--	679
$860.00	Nov 13	$22.45	0.35	5.9%	2.76%	8.66%	--	18

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 159

Total Puts 170

Put/Call Ratio 1.07

Net Difference -11

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 1,619

Total Puts 1,391

Put/Call Ratio 0.86

Net Difference 228

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 60,083

Total Puts 59,588

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.06

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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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