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CATERPILLAR INC

$814.21 +0.05%

(10/8 09:35) ◀

Thursday, October 8, 2026 (9:40am)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/08 9:40am) 576

Calls: 355 (62%)

Puts: 221 (38%)

Prior (08/04) 5,876

Calls: 2,998 (51%)

Puts: 2,878 (49%)

Current vs Prior -90.20%

Calls: -88.16% (Calls)

Puts: -92.32% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 135,724

Calls: 69,215 (51%)

Puts: 66,509 (49%)

Prior 7-Day Average 19,389

Calls: 9,887 (51%)

Puts: 9,501 (49%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -97.03%

Calls: -96.41%

Puts: -97.67%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/08 9:40am) $797.6K

Calls: $559.4K (70%)

Puts: $238.3K (30%)

Prior (08/04) $14.99M

Calls: $12.51M (83%)

Puts: $2.48M (17%)

Current vs Prior -94.68%

Calls: -95.53%

Puts: -90.38%

Prior 7-Day Total $284.19M

Calls: $196.62M (69%)

Puts: $87.56M (31%)

Prior 7-Day Average $40.60M

Calls: $28.09M (69%)

Puts: $12.51M (31%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -98.04%

Calls: -98.01%

Puts: -98.10%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/08 9:40am) 0.62

Prior (08/04) 0.96

Current vs Prior -35.15%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.03

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -39.56%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/08 9:40am) 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 1,618,637

Calls: 800,780 (49%)

Puts: 817,857 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 231,233

Calls: 114,397 (49%)

Puts: 116,836 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +6.07%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 2.34% | 4.62%4.62% | 11.87%

Prior 2.47% | 4.63%4.63% | 12.05%

Current vs Prior -5.17% | -0.15%-0.15% | -1.49%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.56% | 4.79%5.57% | 12.63%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -8.51% | -3.40%-16.98% | -6.00%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.47% | 4.63%4.63% | 12.05%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -5.17% | -0.15%-0.15% | -1.49%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 47.15% | 27.62%

Calls: 44.81% | 27.89%

Puts: 49.49% | 27.35%

Prior 29.18% | 23.64%

Calls: 26.03% | 20.77%

Puts: 32.32% | 26.51%

Current vs Prior +61.58% | +16.84%

Prior 7-Day Avg 34.78% | 17.72%

Calls: 34.19% | 17.41%

Puts: 35.38% | 18.02%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +35.55% | +55.91%

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Moderately bullish flow with 70% call dollar volume ($559.4K). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 95% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 90% vs prior. Bullish P/C ratio of 0.62.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
09:40	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 32 of results (avg 8.8%, best 7.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$660.00	Nov 20	152.80	164.60	$158.70	7.4%	--	0.92	23
$850.00	Nov 20	31.50	33.95	$32.73	7.5%	3	0.41	446
$670.00	Nov 20	144.15	155.60	$149.88	7.6%	--	0.91	49
$770.00	Nov 20	68.60	74.25	$71.43	7.9%	--	0.67	73
$680.00	Nov 20	134.85	146.65	$140.75	8.4%	--	0.90	25

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$820.00	Oct 30	39.05	42.10	$40.58	7.5%	1	0.51	69
$860.00	Nov 20	69.95	75.65	$72.80	7.8%	--	0.62	123
$960.00	Nov 20	147.10	159.30	$153.20	8.0%	--	0.85	49
$850.00	Nov 20	63.55	68.90	$66.22	8.1%	--	0.59	153
$950.00	Nov 20	139.00	150.95	$144.98	8.2%	--	0.84	13

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. 170 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	68.90	$63.98	15.4%	--	1.00	11
$760.00	Oct 9	48.25	58.25	$53.25	18.8%	--	1.00	21
$770.00	Oct 9	39.20	47.00	$43.10	18.1%	--	1.00	88
$670.00	Oct 16	138.15	150.65	$144.40	8.7%	--	1.00	12
$700.00	Oct 16	108.25	119.55	$113.90	9.9%	--	1.00	14

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$910.00	Oct 16	93.05	103.05	$98.05	10.2%	--	0.97	115
$870.00	Oct 9	52.40	61.30	$56.85	15.7%	--	0.96	12
$860.00	Oct 9	42.45	51.40	$46.93	19.1%	--	0.96	38
$900.00	Oct 16	82.50	92.50	$87.50	11.4%	--	0.95	127
$890.00	Oct 16	73.35	81.75	$77.55	10.8%	--	0.95	84

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 110 active (total vol 486, top 51)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$825.00	Oct 16	11.55	14.05	$12.80	19.5%	51	0.40	122
$850.00	Oct 9	0.14	0.80	$0.47	140.4%	28	0.05	166
$850.00	Oct 16	4.00	6.75	$5.38	51.1%	22	0.21	616
$820.00	Oct 9	4.10	6.50	$5.30	45.3%	20	0.38	199
$845.00	Oct 16	4.55	7.75	$6.15	52.0%	20	0.24	81

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$800.00	Oct 9	2.47	4.30	$3.39	54.0%	15	0.26	594
$765.00	Oct 16	2.30	3.60	$2.95	44.1%	14	0.13	297
$785.00	Oct 9	0.56	1.16	$0.86	69.8%	12	0.09	222
$797.50	Oct 9	1.88	3.65	$2.76	64.1%	11	0.22	104
$740.00	Oct 16	0.71	1.85	$1.28	89.1%	8	0.06	769

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 19 strikes (avg 12.9%, max 43.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	48.1%	33.5%	43.7%	7	77
$817.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	41.9%	37.4%	11.8%	2	97
$822.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	42.5%	38.1%	11.5%	1	86
$827.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	41.0%	37.0%	10.8%	--	32
$800.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	44.2%	40.0%	10.4%	--	518

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	48.1%	33.5%	43.7%	--	121
$797.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	44.2%	36.7%	20.6%	11	164
$817.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	41.9%	37.4%	11.8%	--	115
$822.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	42.5%	38.1%	11.5%	1	211
$827.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	41.0%	37.0%	10.6%	--	56

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 329 found (best R:R 9.64, avg 5.69)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$805.00	$810.00	Oct 23	$0.47	$4.53	$0.47	56%	9.64	$805.47
$770.00	$775.00	Oct 30	$1.37	$3.63	$1.37	70%	2.65	$771.37
$830.00	$835.00	Oct 30	$0.22	$4.78	$0.22	44%	21.73	$830.22
$805.00	$810.00	Oct 30	$0.82	$4.18	$0.82	55%	5.10	$805.82
$790.00	$795.00	Oct 16	$1.73	$3.27	$1.73	71%	1.89	$791.73

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$855.00	$850.00	Oct 23	$1.93	$3.07	$1.93	76%	1.59	$853.07
$870.00	$865.00	Oct 16	$3.23	$1.77	$3.23	88%	0.55	$866.77
$790.00	$780.00	Nov 6	$2.47	$7.53	$2.47	39%	3.05	$787.53
$860.00	$855.00	Oct 16	$3.03	$1.97	$3.03	84%	0.65	$856.97
$840.00	$830.00	Nov 13	$4.45	$5.55	$4.45	57%	1.25	$835.55

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 268 found (best R:R 3.35, avg 0.50)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$915.00	$920.00	Oct 30	$2.68	$2.68	$2.32	82%	1.16	$917.68
$815.00	$820.00	Oct 30	$4.22	$4.22	$0.78	49%	5.41	$819.22
$915.00	$920.00	Nov 13	$2.45	$2.45	$2.55	78%	0.96	$917.45
$945.00	$950.00	Oct 23	$1.58	$1.58	$3.42	94%	0.46	$946.58
$925.00	$930.00	Oct 23	$1.55	$1.55	$3.45	92%	0.45	$926.55

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$730.00	$725.00	Nov 6	$3.85	$3.85	$1.15	80%	3.35	$726.15
$800.00	$790.00	Nov 6	$6.28	$6.28	$3.72	57%	1.69	$793.72
$710.00	$700.00	Nov 6	$2.97	$2.97	$7.03	85%	0.42	$707.03
$705.00	$700.00	Oct 30	$2.26	$2.26	$2.74	88%	0.82	$702.74
$800.00	$795.00	Oct 30	$3.82	$3.82	$1.18	57%	3.24	$796.18

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 14 found (avg debit $9.15, cheapest $7.73)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.85	48.1%	33.5%
$815.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.15	47.4%	36.5%
$810.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.89	43.9%	33.9%
$805.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.60	44.0%	35.3%
$820.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.60	42.8%	37.9%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$7.73	48.1%	33.5%
$815.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.75	47.4%	36.5%
$810.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.64	43.9%	33.9%
$805.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.95	44.0%	35.3%
$820.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.05	42.8%	37.9%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 141 found (cheapest 2.05% of stock, avg 7.64%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$817.50	Oct 9	$6.10	$10.63	$16.73	$800.77	$834.23	2.05%
$820.00	Oct 9	$5.30	$11.75	$17.05	$802.95	$837.05	2.09%
$810.00	Oct 9	$10.38	$6.88	$17.26	$792.74	$827.26	2.12%
$822.50	Oct 9	$4.38	$13.18	$17.56	$804.94	$840.06	2.16%
$812.50	Oct 9	$9.15	$8.85	$18.00	$794.50	$830.50	2.21%
$805.00	Oct 9	$13.25	$4.90	$18.15	$786.85	$823.15	2.23%
$815.00	Oct 9	$8.25	$9.90	$18.15	$796.85	$833.15	2.23%
$807.50	Oct 9	$12.15	$6.25	$18.40	$789.10	$825.90	2.26%
$825.00	Oct 9	$3.95	$15.18	$19.13	$805.87	$844.13	2.35%
$802.50	Oct 9	$15.45	$4.25	$19.70	$782.80	$822.20	2.42%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 1.01% of stock, avg 6.26%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$825.00	$802.50	Oct 9	$3.95	$4.25	$8.20	$794.30	$833.20
$822.50	$802.50	Oct 9	$4.38	$4.25	$8.63	$793.87	$831.13
$825.00	$805.00	Oct 9	$3.95	$4.90	$8.85	$796.15	$833.85
$822.50	$805.00	Oct 9	$4.38	$4.90	$9.28	$795.72	$831.78
$820.00	$802.50	Oct 9	$5.30	$4.25	$9.55	$792.95	$829.55
$820.00	$805.00	Oct 9	$5.30	$4.90	$10.20	$794.80	$830.20
$825.00	$807.50	Oct 9	$3.95	$6.25	$10.20	$797.30	$835.20
$822.50	$807.50	Oct 9	$4.38	$6.25	$10.63	$796.87	$833.13
$817.50	$802.50	Oct 9	$6.10	$4.25	$10.35	$792.15	$827.85
$820.00	$807.50	Oct 9	$5.30	$6.25	$11.55	$795.95	$831.55

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 288 found (best R:R 6.04, avg credit $2.48)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
700/705	845/850	Oct 23	$4.29	$0.71	62%	6.04	$700.71	$849.29
690/695	845/850	Oct 23	$3.87	$1.13	62%	3.42	$691.13	$848.87
660/665	845/850	Oct 23	$3.78	$1.22	64%	3.10	$661.22	$848.78
735/740	845/850	Oct 23	$3.82	$1.18	56%	3.24	$736.18	$848.82
700/705	860/865	Oct 30	$3.66	$1.34	55%	2.73	$701.34	$863.66
750/755	885/890	Nov 13	$4.20	$0.80	43%	5.25	$750.80	$889.20
735/740	885/890	Nov 13	$3.93	$1.07	48%	3.67	$736.07	$888.93
670/675	845/850	Oct 23	$2.87	$2.13	64%	1.35	$672.13	$847.87
700/705	840/845	Oct 23	$3.07	$1.93	60%	1.59	$701.93	$843.07
750/755	865/870	Nov 13	$4.17	$0.83	37%	5.02	$750.83	$869.17

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 216 found (best R:R 70.43, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$790.00	$795.00	$800.00	Oct 9	$0.07	$4.93	14%	70.43
$830.00	$835.00	$840.00	Oct 23	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43
$770.00	$780.00	$790.00	Nov 20	$0.27	$9.73	7%	36.04
$790.00	$800.00	$810.00	Nov 20	$0.30	$9.70	7%	32.33
$835.00	$840.00	$845.00	Oct 16	$0.14	$4.86	8%	34.71

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$780.00	$790.00	$800.00	Nov 20	$0.12	$9.88	7%	82.33
$840.00	$850.00	$860.00	Nov 20	$0.16	$9.84	6%	61.50
$765.00	$770.00	$775.00	Oct 16	$0.09	$4.91	5%	54.56
$755.00	$760.00	$765.00	Nov 6	$0.10	$4.90	4%	49.00
$730.00	$740.00	$750.00	Nov 20	$0.33	$9.67	6%	29.30

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 $-1.23, 165 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$920.00	$960.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$1.23	$38.77
$855.00	$860.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.10	$4.90
$830.00	$835.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.70	$4.30
$900.00	$910.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.32	$9.68
$885.00	$890.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.27	$4.73

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$795.00	$790.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.37	$4.63
$790.00	$785.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.31	$4.69
$660.00	$655.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.05	$4.95
$730.00	$720.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.16	$9.84
$740.00	$735.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.16	$4.84

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 138 found (best yield 3.87%, avg 1.46%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$850.00	Nov 20	$31.50	0.41	4.4%	3.87%	8.26%	3	446
$820.00	Nov 20	$42.50	0.50	0.7%	5.22%	5.93%	15	160
$830.00	Nov 20	$36.75	0.47	1.9%	4.51%	6.45%	--	217
$860.00	Nov 20	$27.00	0.37	5.6%	3.32%	8.94%	3	116
$840.00	Nov 20	$32.80	0.43	3.2%	4.03%	7.20%	--	251
$880.00	Nov 20	$22.00	0.32	8.1%	2.70%	10.78%	--	679
$870.00	Nov 20	$23.15	0.34	6.8%	2.84%	9.70%	1	303
$840.00	Nov 13	$31.00	0.42	3.2%	3.81%	6.97%	--	12
$845.00	Nov 13	$28.35	0.41	3.8%	3.48%	7.26%	--	41
$855.00	Nov 13	$24.55	0.37	5.0%	3.02%	8.02%	--	34

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 355

Total Puts 221

Put/Call Ratio 0.62

Net Difference 134

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 2,998

Total Puts 2,878

Put/Call Ratio 0.96

Net Difference 120

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 69,215

Total Puts 66,509

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.03

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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