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CATERPILLAR INC

$812.45 -0.17%

(10/8 09:40) ◀

Thursday, October 8, 2026 (9:45am)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/08 9:45am) 786

Calls: 437 (56%)

Puts: 349 (44%)

Prior (08/04) 8,978

Calls: 3,858 (43%)

Puts: 5,120 (57%)

Current vs Prior -91.25%

Calls: -88.67% (Calls)

Puts: -93.18% (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 -95.95%

Calls: -95.58%

Puts: -96.33%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/08 9:45am) $1.78M

Calls: $897.7K (50%)

Puts: $880.1K (50%)

Prior (08/04) $19.88M

Calls: $14.09M (71%)

Puts: $5.80M (29%)

Current vs Prior -91.06%

Calls: -93.63%

Puts: -84.82%

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 -95.62%

Calls: -96.80%

Puts: -92.96%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/08 9:45am) 0.80

Prior (08/04) 1.33

Current vs Prior -39.82%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.03

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -22.46%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/08 9:45am) 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

ℹ

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

Current 2.18% | 4.43%4.43% | 12.21%

Prior 2.47% | 4.63%4.63% | 12.05%

Current vs Prior -11.65% | -4.24%-4.24% | +1.30%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -14.76% | -7.35%-20.38% | -3.33%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -11.65% | -4.24%-4.24% | +1.30%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 37.02% | 25.30%

Calls: 30.41% | 26.51%

Puts: 43.62% | 24.10%

Prior 29.18% | 23.64%

Calls: 26.03% | 20.77%

Puts: 32.32% | 26.51%

Current vs Prior +26.87% | +7.02%

Prior 7-Day Avg 34.78% | 17.72%

Calls: 34.19% | 17.41%

Puts: 35.38% | 18.02%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +6.43% | +42.81%

Liquidity Expensive

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Light premium activity with dollar volume down 91% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 91% vs prior. P/C ratio dropping 40% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

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Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BULLISH

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
09:45	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:40	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:35	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 46 of results (avg 8.3%, best 5.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$650.00	Oct 23	160.80	169.95	$165.38	5.5%	--	0.97	20
$650.00	Oct 16	157.80	168.60	$163.20	6.6%	--	0.99	30
$810.00	Nov 20	48.00	51.65	$49.83	7.3%	6	0.53	197
$650.00	Nov 20	161.75	174.25	$168.00	7.4%	--	0.93	34
$660.00	Nov 20	152.60	164.75	$158.68	7.7%	--	0.91	23

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$850.00	Nov 20	65.35	68.80	$67.07	5.1%	--	0.59	153
$950.00	Oct 30	136.05	144.75	$140.40	6.2%	6	0.88	1
$860.00	Nov 20	71.05	75.60	$73.32	6.2%	--	0.62	123
$925.00	Oct 30	115.20	123.25	$119.23	6.8%	6	0.85	--
$830.00	Nov 20	52.75	56.55	$54.65	7.0%	--	0.53	280

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. 179 found (avg delta 0.74, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$650.00	Oct 16	157.80	168.60	$163.20	6.6%	--	0.99	30
$670.00	Oct 16	138.15	149.40	$143.78	7.8%	--	0.99	12
$700.00	Oct 16	108.25	119.95	$114.10	10.3%	--	0.99	14
$710.00	Oct 16	99.50	109.50	$104.50	9.6%	--	0.98	14
$750.00	Oct 9	59.10	69.10	$64.10	15.6%	--	0.98	11

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$860.00	Oct 9	42.50	51.75	$47.13	19.6%	--	1.00	38
$870.00	Oct 9	52.85	61.55	$57.20	15.2%	--	1.00	12
$910.00	Oct 16	93.05	103.05	$98.05	10.2%	--	1.00	115
$850.00	Oct 9	32.75	42.65	$37.70	26.3%	--	0.98	82
$855.00	Oct 9	37.55	47.10	$42.33	22.6%	--	0.96	19

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 139 active (total vol 671, top 51)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$825.00	Oct 16	11.05	13.00	$12.03	16.2%	51	0.41	122
$850.00	Oct 9	0.35	0.60	$0.48	52.1%	43	0.05	166
$850.00	Oct 16	4.00	6.75	$5.38	51.1%	22	0.22	616
$820.00	Oct 9	4.00	6.50	$5.25	47.6%	21	0.38	199
$770.00	Oct 9	39.20	47.50	$43.35	19.1%	20	0.97	88

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$785.00	Oct 9	0.45	1.18	$0.82	89.0%	44	0.08	222
$800.00	Oct 9	2.50	4.30	$3.40	52.9%	19	0.26	594
$765.00	Oct 16	2.24	3.60	$2.92	46.6%	18	0.13	297
$797.50	Oct 9	1.79	3.65	$2.72	68.4%	11	0.22	104
$770.00	Oct 16	2.85	4.35	$3.60	41.7%	11	0.15	1.2K

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 13.5%, max 36.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$827.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	49.0%	36.1%	35.7%	1	32
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	42.3%	35.0%	20.8%	8	77
$822.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	43.0%	37.0%	16.2%	1	86
$830.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	47.3%	42.5%	11.3%	10	330
$800.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	44.6%	40.7%	9.6%	--	518

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$827.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	49.0%	35.9%	36.5%	--	56
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	42.3%	35.0%	20.8%	--	121
$797.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	44.2%	37.8%	16.7%	11	164
$822.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	43.0%	37.0%	16.2%	1	211
$830.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	47.3%	42.5%	11.3%	--	506

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 342 found (best R:R 4.05, avg 5.85)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$840.00	$850.00	Nov 20	$1.98	$8.02	$1.98	44%	4.05	$841.98
$770.00	$775.00	Oct 30	$1.42	$3.58	$1.42	69%	2.52	$771.42
$805.00	$810.00	Oct 30	$0.82	$4.18	$0.82	55%	5.10	$805.82
$730.00	$740.00	Nov 20	$6.50	$3.50	$6.50	79%	0.54	$736.50
$800.00	$810.00	Nov 20	$4.22	$5.78	$4.22	57%	1.37	$804.22

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$820.00	$815.00	Oct 30	$1.22	$3.78	$1.22	51%	3.10	$818.78
$840.00	$830.00	Nov 13	$4.45	$5.55	$4.45	57%	1.25	$835.55
$860.00	$855.00	Oct 16	$3.15	$1.85	$3.15	84%	0.59	$856.85
$755.00	$750.00	Nov 6	$0.38	$4.62	$0.38	26%	12.16	$754.62
$720.00	$710.00	Nov 6	$0.63	$9.37	$0.63	16%	14.87	$719.37

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 277 found (best R:R 1.44, avg 0.42)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$915.00	$920.00	Oct 30	$2.61	$2.61	$2.39	82%	1.09	$917.61
$930.00	$935.00	Oct 9	$1.78	$1.78	$3.22	93%	0.55	$931.78
$815.00	$820.00	Oct 30	$4.03	$4.03	$0.97	49%	4.15	$819.03
$915.00	$920.00	Nov 13	$2.45	$2.45	$2.55	78%	0.96	$917.45
$945.00	$950.00	Oct 23	$1.48	$1.48	$3.52	93%	0.42	$946.48

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$795.00	$785.00	Nov 13	$5.90	$5.90	$4.10	58%	1.44	$789.10
$800.00	$790.00	Nov 6	$5.85	$5.85	$4.15	56%	1.41	$794.15
$705.00	$700.00	Oct 23	$1.82	$1.82	$3.18	93%	0.57	$703.18
$800.00	$795.00	Oct 30	$3.59	$3.59	$1.41	57%	2.55	$796.41
$795.00	$790.00	Oct 16	$3.00	$3.00	$2.00	67%	1.50	$792.00

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 15 found (avg debit $9.01, cheapest $7.99)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$825.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$7.99	44.8%	34.9%
$805.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.70	44.3%	34.9%
$815.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.87	44.0%	35.3%
$810.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.40	43.7%	35.1%
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.67	42.3%	35.0%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$805.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.13	44.3%	34.9%
$815.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.62	44.0%	35.3%
$810.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.62	43.7%	35.1%
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.92	42.3%	35.0%
$820.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$7.97	42.3%	36.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 140 found (cheapest 2.01% of stock, avg 7.60%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$812.50	Oct 9	$8.68	$7.68	$16.36	$796.14	$828.86	2.01%
$817.50	Oct 9	$5.98	$10.38	$16.36	$801.14	$833.86	2.01%
$810.00	Oct 9	$10.03	$6.78	$16.81	$793.19	$826.81	2.07%
$815.00	Oct 9	$7.63	$9.40	$17.03	$797.97	$832.03	2.10%
$820.00	Oct 9	$5.25	$12.28	$17.53	$802.47	$837.53	2.16%
$805.00	Oct 9	$13.15	$4.90	$18.05	$786.95	$823.05	2.22%
$822.50	Oct 9	$4.50	$13.50	$18.00	$804.50	$840.50	2.22%
$807.50	Oct 9	$11.90	$6.25	$18.15	$789.35	$825.65	2.23%
$825.00	Oct 9	$4.04	$15.20	$19.24	$805.76	$844.24	2.37%
$802.50	Oct 9	$15.18	$4.15	$19.33	$783.17	$821.83	2.38%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 1.01% of stock, avg 6.29%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$825.00	$802.50	Oct 9	$4.04	$4.15	$8.19	$794.31	$833.19
$822.50	$802.50	Oct 9	$4.50	$4.15	$8.65	$793.85	$831.15
$825.00	$805.00	Oct 9	$4.04	$4.90	$8.94	$796.06	$833.94
$822.50	$805.00	Oct 9	$4.50	$4.90	$9.40	$795.60	$831.90
$820.00	$802.50	Oct 9	$5.25	$4.15	$9.40	$793.10	$829.40
$820.00	$805.00	Oct 9	$5.25	$4.90	$10.15	$794.85	$830.15
$825.00	$807.50	Oct 9	$4.04	$6.25	$10.29	$797.21	$835.29
$822.50	$807.50	Oct 9	$4.50	$6.25	$10.75	$796.75	$833.25
$817.50	$802.50	Oct 9	$5.98	$4.15	$10.13	$792.37	$827.63
$820.00	$807.50	Oct 9	$5.25	$6.25	$11.50	$796.00	$831.50

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 240 found (best R:R 2.27, avg credit $2.63)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
700/705	845/850	Oct 23	$3.47	$1.53	62%	2.27	$701.53	$848.47
690/695	845/850	Oct 23	$3.05	$1.95	62%	1.56	$691.95	$848.05
660/665	845/850	Oct 23	$2.96	$2.04	64%	1.45	$662.04	$847.96
750/755	885/890	Nov 13	$3.96	$1.04	43%	3.81	$751.04	$888.96
700/705	840/845	Oct 23	$3.05	$1.95	59%	1.56	$701.95	$843.05
650/660	900/910	Nov 20	$4.41	$5.59	66%	0.79	$655.59	$904.41
655/660	860/865	Oct 30	$2.88	$2.12	61%	1.36	$657.12	$862.88
700/705	860/865	Oct 30	$3.18	$1.82	54%	1.75	$701.82	$863.18
750/755	865/870	Nov 13	$4.03	$0.97	37%	4.15	$750.97	$869.03
650/660	880/890	Nov 20	$4.79	$5.21	61%	0.92	$655.21	$884.79

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 226 found (best R:R 54.56, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$800.00	$805.00	$810.00	Oct 23	$0.05	$4.95	7%	99.00
$860.00	$870.00	$880.00	Nov 20	$0.24	$9.76	6%	40.67
$870.00	$875.00	$880.00	Oct 30	$0.07	$4.93	3%	70.43
$765.00	$770.00	$775.00	Oct 23	$0.10	$4.90	4%	49.00
$875.00	$880.00	$885.00	Oct 30	$0.07	$4.93	3%	70.43

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$830.00	$835.00	$840.00	Oct 9	$0.09	$4.91	15%	54.56
$770.00	$780.00	$790.00	Nov 20	$0.16	$9.84	7%	61.50
$930.00	$940.00	$950.00	Oct 30	$0.14	$9.86	4%	70.43
$797.50	$800.00	$802.50	Oct 9	$0.07	$2.43	8%	34.71
$775.00	$780.00	$785.00	Oct 9	$0.06	$4.94	4%	82.33

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 185 found (best net $-26.30, 170 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$650.00	$720.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$26.30	$43.70
$920.00	$960.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$1.23	$38.77
$900.00	$910.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.02	$9.98
$845.00	$850.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.16	$4.84
$855.00	$860.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.10	$4.90

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$795.00	$790.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.13	$4.87
$660.00	$655.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.05	$4.95
$790.00	$785.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.39	$4.61
$775.00	$770.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.16	$4.84
$760.00	$755.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.13	$4.87

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 142 found (best yield 3.88%, avg 1.47%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$850.00	Nov 20	$31.50	0.41	4.6%	3.88%	8.50%	4	446
$820.00	Nov 20	$42.80	0.50	0.9%	5.27%	6.20%	16	160
$860.00	Nov 20	$27.00	0.38	5.8%	3.32%	9.18%	3	116
$830.00	Nov 20	$36.75	0.47	2.2%	4.52%	6.68%	--	217
$840.00	Nov 20	$32.80	0.43	3.4%	4.04%	7.43%	1	251
$870.00	Nov 20	$23.15	0.35	7.1%	2.85%	9.93%	1	303
$840.00	Nov 13	$31.00	0.43	3.4%	3.82%	7.21%	--	12
$880.00	Nov 20	$21.30	0.32	8.3%	2.62%	10.94%	--	679
$845.00	Nov 13	$28.35	0.41	4.0%	3.49%	7.50%	--	41
$850.00	Nov 13	$26.75	0.39	4.6%	3.29%	7.91%	--	52

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 437

Total Puts 349

Put/Call Ratio 0.80

Net Difference 88

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 3,858

Total Puts 5,120

Put/Call Ratio 1.33

Net Difference -1,262

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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