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CATERPILLAR INC

$814.83 +0.12%

(10/8 09:45) ◀

Thursday, October 8, 2026 (9:50am)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/08 9:50am) 1,049

Calls: 556 (53%)

Puts: 493 (47%)

Prior (08/04) 12,094

Calls: 4,705 (39%)

Puts: 7,389 (61%)

Current vs Prior -91.33%

Calls: -88.18% (Calls)

Puts: -93.33% (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 -94.59%

Calls: -94.38%

Puts: -94.81%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/08 9:50am) $2.00M

Calls: $1.01M (51%)

Puts: $985.3K (49%)

Prior (08/04) $24.91M

Calls: $14.59M (59%)

Puts: $10.32M (41%)

Current vs Prior -91.99%

Calls: -93.07%

Puts: -90.45%

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 -95.08%

Calls: -96.40%

Puts: -92.12%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/08 9:50am) 0.89

Prior (08/04) 1.57

Current vs Prior -43.54%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.03

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -13.91%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/08 9:50am) 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 2.23% | 4.44%4.44% | 12.11%

Prior 2.47% | 4.63%4.63% | 12.05%

Current vs Prior -9.43% | -4.19%-4.19% | +0.46%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -12.62% | -7.30%-20.33% | -4.14%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -9.43% | -4.19%-4.19% | +0.46%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 31.41% | 23.78%

Calls: 17.97% | 24.61%

Puts: 44.85% | 22.95%

Prior 29.18% | 23.64%

Calls: 26.03% | 20.77%

Puts: 32.32% | 26.51%

Current vs Prior +7.64% | +0.59%

Prior 7-Day Avg 34.78% | 17.72%

Calls: 34.19% | 17.41%

Puts: 35.38% | 18.02%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -9.70% | +34.23%

Liquidity Expensive

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Light premium activity with dollar volume down 92% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 91% vs prior. P/C ratio dropping 44% - 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 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
09:50	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:45	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 36 of results (avg 8.6%, best 6.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$660.00	Nov 20	152.45	163.35	$157.90	6.9%	--	0.92	23
$810.00	Nov 20	48.00	51.85	$49.93	7.7%	6	0.54	197
$670.00	Oct 16	138.15	149.60	$143.88	8.0%	--	1.00	12
$670.00	Nov 20	143.40	156.05	$149.73	8.4%	--	0.91	49
$690.00	Nov 20	126.70	138.00	$132.35	8.5%	--	0.88	25

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$925.00	Oct 30	115.00	123.25	$119.13	6.9%	6	0.85	--
$970.00	Nov 6	155.35	166.90	$161.13	7.2%	2	0.89	--
$975.00	Oct 9	155.75	167.35	$161.55	7.2%	2	0.97	--
$940.00	Oct 30	126.95	136.50	$131.73	7.2%	5	0.86	2
$880.00	Nov 20	84.30	90.70	$87.50	7.3%	--	0.68	85

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. 176 found (avg delta 0.74, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$750.00	Oct 9	59.10	68.30	$63.70	14.4%	--	1.00	11
$760.00	Oct 9	48.25	58.25	$53.25	18.8%	--	1.00	21
$770.00	Oct 9	39.20	47.70	$43.45	19.6%	20	1.00	88
$670.00	Oct 16	138.15	149.60	$143.88	8.0%	--	1.00	12
$700.00	Oct 16	108.25	120.15	$114.20	10.4%	--	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
$975.00	Oct 9	155.75	167.35	$161.55	7.2%	2	0.97	--
$870.00	Oct 9	52.65	61.75	$57.20	15.9%	--	0.96	12
$860.00	Oct 9	42.30	51.95	$47.13	20.5%	--	0.96	38
$855.00	Oct 9	37.45	47.30	$42.38	23.2%	--	0.96	19

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 159 active (total vol 917, top 82)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$825.00	Oct 16	10.85	15.60	$13.23	35.9%	56	0.41	122
$850.00	Oct 9	0.13	0.78	$0.46	141.3%	48	0.05	166
$900.00	Oct 16	0.51	0.89	$0.70	54.3%	28	0.04	1.5K
$850.00	Oct 16	4.15	6.25	$5.20	40.4%	24	0.21	616
$820.00	Oct 9	4.25	6.50	$5.38	41.8%	21	0.38	199

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$760.00	Oct 16	1.63	2.84	$2.24	54.0%	82	0.10	734
$785.00	Oct 9	0.37	1.18	$0.77	105.2%	49	0.08	222
$800.00	Oct 9	2.07	3.95	$3.01	62.5%	20	0.25	594
$765.00	Oct 16	2.04	3.70	$2.87	57.8%	18	0.13	297
$797.50	Oct 9	1.54	3.00	$2.27	64.3%	12	0.21	104

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 11.2%, max 34.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$827.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	48.8%	36.2%	34.9%	1	32
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	43.2%	34.8%	23.9%	9	77
$822.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	42.2%	37.1%	13.7%	1	86
$817.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	41.6%	37.5%	11.0%	2	97
$810.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	43.5%	40.4%	7.5%	11	350

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$827.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	48.8%	36.2%	34.8%	--	56
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	43.2%	34.8%	23.9%	--	121
$797.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	43.4%	37.5%	15.6%	12	164
$822.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	42.2%	37.1%	13.7%	1	211
$817.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	41.6%	37.5%	11.0%	--	115

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 344 found (best R:R 2.52, avg 5.83)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$770.00	$775.00	Oct 30	$1.42	$3.58	$1.42	70%	2.52	$771.42
$800.00	$810.00	Nov 20	$4.12	$5.88	$4.12	57%	1.43	$804.12
$730.00	$740.00	Nov 20	$6.48	$3.52	$6.48	79%	0.54	$736.48
$825.00	$835.00	Nov 6	$3.22	$6.78	$3.22	47%	2.11	$828.22
$760.00	$770.00	Nov 20	$5.72	$4.28	$5.72	70%	0.75	$765.72

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$860.00	$855.00	Oct 16	$2.67	$2.33	$2.67	84%	0.87	$857.33
$870.00	$865.00	Oct 16	$3.10	$1.90	$3.10	88%	0.61	$866.90
$840.00	$835.00	Oct 23	$2.15	$2.85	$2.15	66%	1.33	$837.85
$850.00	$845.00	Oct 23	$2.53	$2.47	$2.53	71%	0.98	$847.47
$790.00	$785.00	Oct 16	$0.40	$4.60	$0.40	28%	11.50	$789.60

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 276 found (best R:R 1.44, avg 0.44)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$915.00	$920.00	Oct 30	$2.95	$2.95	$2.05	82%	1.44	$917.95
$815.00	$820.00	Oct 30	$4.13	$4.13	$0.87	49%	4.75	$819.13
$930.00	$935.00	Oct 9	$1.68	$1.68	$3.32	93%	0.51	$931.68
$915.00	$920.00	Nov 13	$2.38	$2.38	$2.62	78%	0.91	$917.38
$850.00	$855.00	Oct 23	$2.68	$2.68	$2.32	71%	1.16	$852.68

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$795.00	$785.00	Nov 13	$5.88	$5.88	$4.12	58%	1.43	$789.12
$705.00	$700.00	Oct 23	$1.82	$1.82	$3.18	93%	0.57	$703.18
$760.00	$755.00	Oct 23	$2.34	$2.34	$2.66	81%	0.88	$757.66
$800.00	$795.00	Oct 30	$3.59	$3.59	$1.41	58%	2.55	$796.41
$800.00	$790.00	Nov 6	$5.47	$5.47	$4.53	57%	1.21	$794.53

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 14 found (avg debit $8.99, cheapest $8.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$805.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.20	43.3%	33.8%
$810.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.27	43.5%	34.1%
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.90	43.2%	34.8%
$815.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.25	43.7%	36.5%
$817.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.25	41.6%	35.8%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$805.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.00	43.3%	33.8%
$810.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.45	43.5%	34.1%
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.95	43.2%	34.8%
$815.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.05	43.7%	36.5%
$817.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.73	41.6%	35.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 141 found (cheapest 2.03% of stock, avg 7.60%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$817.50	Oct 9	$6.15	$10.40	$16.55	$800.95	$834.05	2.03%
$815.00	Oct 9	$7.65	$9.03	$16.68	$798.32	$831.68	2.05%
$812.50	Oct 9	$9.18	$7.75	$16.93	$795.57	$829.43	2.08%
$820.00	Oct 9	$5.38	$11.68	$17.06	$802.94	$837.06	2.09%
$807.50	Oct 9	$11.52	$5.95	$17.47	$790.03	$824.97	2.14%
$810.00	Oct 9	$11.25	$6.65	$17.90	$792.10	$827.90	2.20%
$822.50	Oct 9	$4.40	$13.60	$18.00	$804.50	$840.50	2.21%
$805.00	Oct 9	$13.65	$4.68	$18.33	$786.67	$823.33	2.25%
$802.50	Oct 9	$14.85	$4.03	$18.88	$783.62	$821.38	2.32%
$825.00	Oct 9	$3.87	$15.10	$18.97	$806.03	$843.97	2.33%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.97% of stock, avg 6.26%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$825.00	$802.50	Oct 9	$3.87	$4.03	$7.90	$794.60	$832.90
$822.50	$802.50	Oct 9	$4.40	$4.03	$8.43	$794.07	$830.93
$825.00	$805.00	Oct 9	$3.87	$4.68	$8.55	$796.45	$833.55
$822.50	$805.00	Oct 9	$4.40	$4.68	$9.08	$795.92	$831.58
$820.00	$802.50	Oct 9	$5.38	$4.03	$9.41	$793.09	$829.41
$820.00	$805.00	Oct 9	$5.38	$4.68	$10.06	$794.94	$830.06
$825.00	$807.50	Oct 9	$3.87	$5.95	$9.82	$797.68	$834.82
$822.50	$807.50	Oct 9	$4.40	$5.95	$10.35	$797.15	$832.85
$820.00	$807.50	Oct 9	$5.38	$5.95	$11.33	$796.17	$831.33
$817.50	$802.50	Oct 9	$6.15	$4.03	$10.18	$792.32	$827.68

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 260 found (best R:R 1.66, avg credit $2.41)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
700/705	845/850	Oct 23	$3.12	$1.88	62%	1.66	$701.88	$848.12
700/705	840/845	Oct 23	$3.07	$1.93	59%	1.59	$701.93	$843.07
690/695	845/850	Oct 23	$2.70	$2.30	62%	1.17	$692.30	$847.70
660/665	845/850	Oct 23	$2.61	$2.39	64%	1.09	$662.39	$847.61
740/742	828/830	Oct 9	$1.38	$1.12	70%	1.23	$741.12	$828.88
690/695	840/845	Oct 23	$2.65	$2.35	60%	1.13	$692.35	$842.65
660/665	840/845	Oct 23	$2.56	$2.44	61%	1.05	$662.44	$842.56
798/800	828/830	Oct 9	$1.91	$0.59	47%	3.24	$798.09	$829.41
732/735	828/830	Oct 9	$1.31	$1.19	70%	1.10	$733.69	$828.81
670/680	880/890	Nov 20	$4.55	$5.45	58%	0.83	$675.45	$884.55

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 227 found (best R:R 82.33, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$860.00	$870.00	$880.00	Nov 20	$0.14	$9.86	6%	70.43
$740.00	$750.00	$760.00	Oct 23	$0.23	$9.77	7%	42.48
$690.00	$700.00	$710.00	Nov 20	$0.10	$9.90	4%	99.00
$800.00	$805.00	$810.00	Oct 23	$0.07	$4.93	7%	70.43
$740.00	$750.00	$760.00	Oct 16	$0.18	$9.82	5%	54.56

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$790.00	$800.00	$810.00	Nov 20	$0.12	$9.88	7%	82.33
$760.00	$770.00	$780.00	Nov 13	$0.20	$9.80	7%	49.00
$800.00	$810.00	$820.00	Nov 20	$0.20	$9.80	7%	49.00
$740.00	$750.00	$760.00	Nov 20	$0.17	$9.83	6%	57.82
$770.00	$780.00	$790.00	Nov 20	$0.22	$9.78	7%	44.45

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 182 found (best net $-1.13, 165 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$920.00	$960.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$1.13	$38.87
$700.00	$740.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$39.27	$0.73
$830.00	$835.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.28	$4.72
$840.00	$845.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.22	$4.78
$900.00	$910.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.18	$9.82

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$795.00	$790.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.44	$4.56
$660.00	$655.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.05	$4.95
$790.00	$785.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.32	$4.68
$735.00	$732.50	1:2	Oct 9	$0.00	$2.50
$730.00	$720.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.25	$9.75

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 140 found (best yield 5.15%, avg 1.47%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$820.00	Nov 20	$42.00	0.50	0.6%	5.15%	5.79%	16	160
$860.00	Nov 20	$27.00	0.38	5.5%	3.31%	8.86%	3	116
$840.00	Nov 20	$32.80	0.44	3.1%	4.03%	7.11%	1	251
$830.00	Nov 20	$36.75	0.47	1.9%	4.51%	6.37%	--	217
$850.00	Nov 20	$29.00	0.41	4.3%	3.56%	7.88%	7	446
$870.00	Nov 20	$23.15	0.35	6.8%	2.84%	9.61%	1	303
$880.00	Nov 20	$21.10	0.32	8.0%	2.59%	10.59%	1	679
$840.00	Nov 13	$31.00	0.42	3.1%	3.80%	6.89%	--	12
$845.00	Nov 13	$28.35	0.41	3.7%	3.48%	7.18%	--	41
$850.00	Nov 13	$26.75	0.39	4.3%	3.28%	7.60%	--	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 556

Total Puts 493

Put/Call Ratio 0.89

Net Difference 63

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 4,705

Total Puts 7,389

Put/Call Ratio 1.57

Net Difference -2,684

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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Earnings This Week

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Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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