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CATERPILLAR INC

$812.30 -0.19%

(10/8 09:50) ◀

Thursday, October 8, 2026 (9:55am)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/08 9:55am) 1,276

Calls: 678 (53%)

Puts: 598 (47%)

Prior (08/04) 13,491

Calls: 5,418 (40%)

Puts: 8,073 (60%)

Current vs Prior -90.54%

Calls: -87.49% (Calls)

Puts: -92.59% (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 -93.42%

Calls: -93.14%

Puts: -93.71%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/08 9:55am) $2.31M

Calls: $1.12M (48%)

Puts: $1.19M (52%)

Prior (08/04) $26.87M

Calls: $14.46M (54%)

Puts: $12.41M (46%)

Current vs Prior -91.41%

Calls: -92.28%

Puts: -90.39%

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 -94.31%

Calls: -96.03%

Puts: -90.47%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/08 9:55am) 0.88

Prior (08/04) 1.49

Current vs Prior -40.81%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.03

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -14.36%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/08 9:55am) 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 2.15% | 4.49%4.49% | 12.19%

Prior 2.47% | 4.63%4.63% | 12.05%

Current vs Prior -12.83% | -3.03%-3.03% | +1.09%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -15.90% | -6.18%-19.37% | -3.53%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -12.83% | -3.03%-3.03% | +1.09%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 37.74% | 23.70%

Calls: 39.23% | 23.92%

Puts: 36.25% | 23.47%

Prior 29.18% | 23.64%

Calls: 26.03% | 20.77%

Puts: 32.32% | 26.51%

Current vs Prior +29.34% | +0.25%

Prior 7-Day Avg 34.78% | 17.72%

Calls: 34.19% | 17.41%

Puts: 35.38% | 18.02%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +8.50% | +33.78%

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 41% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

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Current BEARISH

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
09:55	BEARISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 38 of results (avg 8.2%, best 5.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$650.00	Nov 20	162.65	172.90	$167.78	6.1%	--	0.95	34
$650.00	Oct 16	158.35	168.70	$163.52	6.3%	--	0.99	30
$650.00	Oct 23	159.45	170.40	$164.93	6.6%	--	0.98	20
$860.00	Nov 20	27.00	28.90	$27.95	6.8%	3	0.37	116
$660.00	Nov 20	153.65	164.50	$159.07	6.8%	--	0.92	23

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$940.00	Oct 30	128.75	136.50	$132.63	5.8%	5	0.86	2
$950.00	Oct 30	137.85	146.55	$142.20	6.1%	6	0.88	1
$925.00	Oct 30	115.60	123.25	$119.43	6.4%	6	0.85	--
$970.00	Nov 6	155.35	166.20	$160.77	6.7%	2	0.89	--
$930.00	Oct 30	118.15	127.55	$122.85	7.7%	8	0.84	--

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. 180 found (avg delta 0.75, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$650.00	Oct 16	158.35	168.70	$163.52	6.3%	--	0.99	30
$670.00	Oct 16	138.60	151.25	$144.93	8.7%	--	0.99	12
$700.00	Oct 16	108.75	121.15	$114.95	10.8%	--	0.99	14
$710.00	Oct 16	99.50	109.50	$104.50	9.6%	--	0.98	14
$720.00	Oct 16	89.55	99.55	$94.55	10.6%	--	0.98	63

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$850.00	Oct 9	32.65	42.65	$37.65	26.6%	--	1.00	82
$855.00	Oct 9	37.30	47.30	$42.30	23.6%	--	1.00	19
$860.00	Oct 9	42.10	52.00	$47.05	21.0%	--	1.00	38
$870.00	Oct 9	52.10	62.00	$57.05	17.4%	--	1.00	12
$910.00	Oct 16	92.70	102.45	$97.58	10.0%	--	1.00	115

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 171 active (total vol 1.1K, top 83)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$850.00	Oct 9	0.30	0.56	$0.43	60.5%	63	0.05	166
$825.00	Oct 16	10.80	15.60	$13.20	36.4%	56	0.41	122
$900.00	Oct 16	0.50	0.94	$0.72	61.1%	28	0.04	1.5K
$850.00	Oct 16	4.25	6.00	$5.13	34.1%	27	0.21	616
$820.00	Oct 9	4.10	6.00	$5.05	37.6%	24	0.38	199

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$760.00	Oct 16	1.55	2.84	$2.19	58.9%	83	0.10	734
$785.00	Oct 9	0.35	1.16	$0.75	108.0%	49	0.08	222
$800.00	Oct 9	2.41	4.05	$3.23	50.8%	33	0.25	594
$765.00	Oct 16	2.04	3.70	$2.87	57.8%	18	0.13	297
$797.50	Oct 9	1.81	3.20	$2.51	55.4%	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. 17 strikes (avg 11.0%, max 32.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$827.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	45.9%	37.2%	23.4%	1	32
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	42.1%	35.5%	18.6%	16	77
$822.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	41.6%	36.9%	12.6%	2	86
$810.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	43.8%	40.5%	8.3%	17	350
$800.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	44.4%	41.0%	8.1%	--	518

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$827.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	45.9%	34.5%	32.9%	--	56
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	42.1%	35.5%	18.6%	--	121
$797.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	43.5%	37.7%	15.4%	12	164
$822.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	41.6%	36.9%	12.6%	1	211
$810.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	43.8%	40.5%	8.3%	13	1.1K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 339 found (best R:R 0.89, avg 5.88)

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	69%	2.52	$771.42
$760.00	$770.00	Nov 20	$5.22	$4.78	$5.22	71%	0.92	$765.22
$805.00	$810.00	Oct 30	$1.00	$4.00	$1.00	55%	4.00	$806.00
$800.00	$810.00	Nov 20	$3.92	$6.08	$3.92	57%	1.55	$803.92
$865.00	$870.00	Oct 30	$0.21	$4.79	$0.21	31%	22.81	$865.21

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$845.00	$840.00	Oct 9	$2.65	$2.35	$2.65	99%	0.89	$842.35
$810.00	$805.00	Nov 13	$1.07	$3.93	$1.07	47%	3.67	$808.93
$860.00	$855.00	Oct 16	$3.02	$1.98	$3.02	85%	0.66	$856.98
$690.00	$675.00	Nov 13	$0.29	$14.71	$0.29	10%	50.72	$689.71
$755.00	$750.00	Oct 30	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	24%	32.33	$754.85

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 274 found (best R:R 1.69, avg 0.46)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$915.00	$920.00	Nov 13	$2.35	$2.35	$2.65	78%	0.89	$917.35
$955.00	$965.00	Oct 9	$1.38	$1.38	$8.62	95%	0.16	$956.38
$825.00	$827.50	Oct 16	$2.27	$2.27	$0.23	59%	9.87	$827.27
$925.00	$930.00	Oct 23	$1.52	$1.52	$3.48	92%	0.44	$926.52
$885.00	$890.00	Oct 23	$1.73	$1.73	$3.27	85%	0.53	$886.73

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$795.00	$785.00	Nov 13	$6.28	$6.28	$3.72	59%	1.69	$788.72
$760.00	$755.00	Oct 30	$3.20	$3.20	$1.80	73%	1.78	$756.80
$705.00	$700.00	Oct 23	$1.82	$1.82	$3.18	93%	0.57	$703.18
$760.00	$755.00	Oct 23	$2.29	$2.29	$2.71	81%	0.85	$757.71
$710.00	$700.00	Nov 6	$2.60	$2.60	$7.40	85%	0.35	$707.40

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 15 found (avg debit $9.24, cheapest $8.47)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$810.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.58	43.8%	34.4%
$805.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.63	41.4%	34.2%
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.70	42.1%	35.5%
$815.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.33	41.3%	35.6%
$825.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.33	43.0%	37.4%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$810.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.47	43.8%	34.4%
$805.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.46	41.4%	34.2%
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.43	42.1%	35.5%
$815.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.93	41.3%	35.6%
$820.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.38	40.3%	35.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 140 found (cheapest 1.98% of stock, avg 7.59%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$817.50	Oct 9	$5.95	$10.10	$16.05	$801.45	$833.55	1.98%
$812.50	Oct 9	$8.90	$7.40	$16.30	$796.20	$828.80	2.01%
$815.00	Oct 9	$7.35	$9.15	$16.50	$798.50	$831.50	2.03%
$810.00	Oct 9	$10.07	$6.58	$16.65	$793.35	$826.65	2.05%
$820.00	Oct 9	$5.05	$11.75	$16.80	$803.20	$836.80	2.07%
$805.00	Oct 9	$13.25	$4.22	$17.47	$787.53	$822.47	2.15%
$822.50	Oct 9	$4.40	$13.18	$17.58	$804.92	$840.08	2.16%
$802.50	Oct 9	$14.20	$3.97	$18.17	$784.33	$820.67	2.24%
$807.50	Oct 9	$12.25	$6.00	$18.25	$789.25	$825.75	2.25%
$825.00	Oct 9	$3.87	$14.60	$18.47	$806.53	$843.47	2.27%

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	$3.97	$7.84	$794.66	$832.84
$825.00	$805.00	Oct 9	$3.87	$4.22	$8.09	$796.91	$833.09
$822.50	$805.00	Oct 9	$4.40	$4.22	$8.62	$796.38	$831.12
$822.50	$802.50	Oct 9	$4.40	$3.97	$8.37	$794.13	$830.87
$820.00	$805.00	Oct 9	$5.05	$4.22	$9.27	$795.73	$829.27
$820.00	$802.50	Oct 9	$5.05	$3.97	$9.02	$793.48	$829.02
$825.00	$807.50	Oct 9	$3.87	$6.00	$9.87	$797.63	$834.87
$822.50	$807.50	Oct 9	$4.40	$6.00	$10.40	$797.10	$832.90
$820.00	$807.50	Oct 9	$5.05	$6.00	$11.05	$796.45	$831.05
$817.50	$805.00	Oct 9	$5.95	$4.22	$10.17	$794.83	$827.67

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 240 found (best R:R 2.31, avg credit $2.52)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
700/705	845/850	Oct 23	$3.49	$1.51	61%	2.31	$701.51	$848.49
655/660	860/865	Oct 30	$3.30	$1.70	61%	1.94	$656.70	$863.30
665/670	860/865	Oct 30	$3.19	$1.81	60%	1.76	$666.81	$863.19
690/695	845/850	Oct 23	$3.07	$1.93	62%	1.59	$691.93	$848.07
660/665	845/850	Oct 23	$2.98	$2.02	63%	1.48	$662.02	$847.98
690/695	870/875	Nov 13	$3.41	$1.59	54%	2.14	$691.59	$873.41
690/695	885/890	Nov 13	$3.17	$1.83	59%	1.73	$691.83	$888.17
650/660	880/890	Nov 20	$4.98	$5.02	60%	0.99	$655.02	$884.98
700/705	840/845	Oct 23	$3.00	$2.00	59%	1.50	$702.00	$843.00
710/715	860/865	Oct 30	$3.16	$1.84	52%	1.72	$711.84	$863.16

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 220 found (best R:R 199.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$740.00	$750.00	$760.00	Oct 23	$0.25	$9.75	7%	39.00
$835.00	$840.00	$845.00	Oct 9	$0.11	$4.89	9%	44.45
$830.00	$840.00	$850.00	Nov 20	$0.24	$9.76	6%	40.67
$900.00	$910.00	$920.00	Nov 20	$0.18	$9.82	5%	54.56
$765.00	$770.00	$775.00	Oct 23	$0.08	$4.92	5%	61.50

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$710.00	$720.00	$730.00	Nov 20	$0.05	$9.95	4%	199.00
$750.00	$760.00	$770.00	Nov 20	$0.19	$9.81	6%	51.63
$700.00	$710.00	$720.00	Nov 20	$0.10	$9.90	4%	99.00
$890.00	$900.00	$910.00	Nov 20	$0.13	$9.87	4%	75.92
$730.00	$735.00	$740.00	Oct 30	$0.05	$4.95	3%	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. 188 found (best net $-25.02, 171 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$650.00	$720.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$25.02	$44.98
$920.00	$960.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.98	$39.02
$700.00	$740.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$38.75	$1.25
$840.00	$845.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.22	$4.78
$900.00	$910.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.16	$9.84

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$935.00	$875.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$32.47	$27.53
$795.00	$790.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.29	$4.71
$660.00	$655.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.05	$4.95
$790.00	$785.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.31	$4.69
$730.00	$720.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.14	$9.86

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 141 found (best yield 5.17%, avg 1.50%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$820.00	Nov 20	$42.00	0.51	0.9%	5.17%	6.12%	16	160
$830.00	Nov 20	$36.75	0.47	2.2%	4.52%	6.70%	1	217
$840.00	Nov 20	$32.80	0.44	3.4%	4.04%	7.45%	1	251
$860.00	Nov 20	$27.00	0.37	5.9%	3.32%	9.20%	3	116
$850.00	Nov 20	$29.00	0.41	4.6%	3.57%	8.21%	7	446
$870.00	Nov 20	$23.15	0.35	7.1%	2.85%	9.95%	1	303
$840.00	Nov 13	$31.00	0.43	3.4%	3.82%	7.23%	--	12
$880.00	Nov 20	$21.15	0.32	8.3%	2.60%	10.94%	11	679
$850.00	Nov 13	$26.75	0.40	4.6%	3.29%	7.93%	--	52
$845.00	Nov 13	$28.30	0.41	4.0%	3.48%	7.51%	--	41

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 678

Total Puts 598

Put/Call Ratio 0.88

Net Difference 80

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 5,418

Total Puts 8,073

Put/Call Ratio 1.49

Net Difference -2,655

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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Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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