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CAT

CATERPILLAR INC

$812.40 -0.18%

(10/8 09:55) ◀

Thursday, October 8, 2026 (10:00am)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/08 10:00am) 1,675

Calls: 932 (56%)

Puts: 743 (44%)

Prior (08/04) 13,491

Calls: 5,418 (40%)

Puts: 8,073 (60%)

Current vs Prior -87.58%

Calls: -82.80% (Calls)

Puts: -90.80% (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 -91.36%

Calls: -90.57%

Puts: -92.18%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/08 10:00am) $2.75M

Calls: $1.20M (43%)

Puts: $1.55M (57%)

Prior (08/04) $26.87M

Calls: $14.46M (54%)

Puts: $12.41M (46%)

Current vs Prior -89.77%

Calls: -91.73%

Puts: -87.48%

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 -93.23%

Calls: -95.74%

Puts: -87.58%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/08 10:00am) 0.80

Prior (08/04) 1.49

Current vs Prior -46.50%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.03

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -22.60%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/08 10:00am) 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 2.04% | 4.55%4.55% | 12.22%

Prior 2.47% | 4.63%4.63% | 12.05%

Current vs Prior -17.28% | -1.66%-1.66% | +1.38%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -20.20% | -4.85%-18.23% | -3.25%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -17.28% | -1.66%-1.66% | +1.38%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 35.70% | 18.66%

Calls: 23.86% | 22.51%

Puts: 47.55% | 14.80%

Prior 29.18% | 23.64%

Calls: 26.03% | 20.77%

Puts: 32.32% | 26.51%

Current vs Prior +22.34% | -21.07%

Prior 7-Day Avg 34.78% | 17.72%

Calls: 34.19% | 17.41%

Puts: 35.38% | 18.02%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +2.63% | +5.33%

Liquidity Expensive

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Light premium activity with dollar volume down 90% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 88% vs prior. P/C ratio dropping 46% - 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 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
10:00	BEARISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 46 of results (avg 8.2%, best 5.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$650.00	Oct 23	159.45	168.35	$163.90	5.4%	--	0.98	20
$650.00	Nov 20	162.65	172.50	$167.58	5.9%	--	0.95	34
$650.00	Oct 16	157.95	168.00	$162.98	6.2%	--	0.99	30
$670.00	Nov 20	144.55	153.95	$149.25	6.3%	--	0.92	49
$700.00	Nov 20	120.30	128.55	$124.43	6.6%	1	0.86	46

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$950.00	Oct 30	137.45	145.30	$141.38	5.6%	6	0.88	1
$940.00	Oct 30	128.35	136.50	$132.43	6.2%	5	0.87	2
$960.00	Nov 20	149.30	158.95	$154.13	6.3%	--	0.85	49
$970.00	Nov 6	155.70	166.20	$160.95	6.5%	2	0.89	--
$950.00	Nov 20	140.40	150.15	$145.28	6.7%	--	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. 181 found (avg delta 0.75, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$650.00	Oct 16	157.95	168.00	$162.98	6.2%	--	0.99	30
$670.00	Oct 16	138.60	151.15	$144.88	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%	--	0.99	14
$750.00	Oct 9	59.10	69.00	$64.05	15.5%	--	0.98	11

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$840.00	Oct 9	26.30	31.60	$28.95	18.3%	--	1.00	76
$845.00	Oct 9	28.65	36.55	$32.60	24.2%	--	1.00	50
$850.00	Oct 9	33.55	42.75	$38.15	24.1%	--	1.00	82
$855.00	Oct 9	38.40	47.30	$42.85	20.8%	--	1.00	19
$860.00	Oct 9	43.35	52.00	$47.68	18.1%	--	1.00	38

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 193 active (total vol 1.4K, top 151)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$835.00	Oct 9	0.92	1.74	$1.33	61.7%	151	0.14	75
$850.00	Oct 9	0.30	0.58	$0.44	63.6%	63	0.05	166
$825.00	Oct 16	10.80	15.60	$13.20	36.4%	56	0.41	122
$840.00	Oct 9	0.60	1.12	$0.86	60.5%	43	0.10	168
$900.00	Oct 16	0.50	0.94	$0.72	61.1%	28	0.04	1.5K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$760.00	Oct 16	1.55	2.60	$2.08	50.5%	83	0.10	734
$785.00	Oct 9	0.63	1.16	$0.90	58.9%	54	0.09	222
$750.00	Nov 20	18.90	21.30	$20.10	11.9%	36	0.26	502
$800.00	Oct 9	2.70	4.15	$3.43	42.3%	34	0.26	594
$765.00	Oct 16	2.04	3.70	$2.87	57.8%	18	0.13	297

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 10.3%, max 20.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	40.7%	35.0%	16.5%	16	77
$827.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	43.1%	37.1%	16.4%	1	32
$822.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	41.5%	36.8%	12.6%	2	86
$800.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	45.8%	40.9%	12.0%	1	518
$810.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	44.7%	40.4%	10.4%	17	350

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$797.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	45.3%	37.6%	20.2%	12	164
$827.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	43.1%	36.6%	18.0%	--	56
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	40.7%	35.0%	16.5%	3	121
$822.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	41.5%	36.8%	12.6%	1	211
$800.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	45.8%	40.9%	12.0%	40	1.3K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 334 found (best R:R 2.52, avg 5.75)

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
$825.00	$835.00	Nov 6	$2.52	$7.48	$2.52	47%	2.97	$827.52
$805.00	$810.00	Oct 30	$1.00	$4.00	$1.00	55%	4.00	$806.00
$790.00	$800.00	Nov 20	$4.47	$5.53	$4.47	61%	1.24	$794.47
$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
$810.00	$805.00	Nov 13	$1.07	$3.93	$1.07	47%	3.67	$808.93
$830.00	$827.50	Oct 9	$0.92	$1.58	$0.92	87%	1.72	$829.08
$850.00	$845.00	Oct 23	$2.53	$2.47	$2.53	72%	0.98	$847.47
$870.00	$865.00	Oct 30	$2.48	$2.52	$2.48	70%	1.02	$867.52
$800.00	$795.00	Nov 13	$1.15	$3.85	$1.15	43%	3.35	$798.85

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 0.43)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$955.00	$965.00	Oct 9	$2.04	$2.04	$7.96	94%	0.26	$957.04
$910.00	$915.00	Oct 9	$1.90	$1.90	$3.10	92%	0.61	$911.90
$925.00	$930.00	Oct 23	$1.67	$1.67	$3.33	92%	0.50	$926.67
$915.00	$920.00	Nov 13	$2.38	$2.38	$2.62	78%	0.91	$917.38
$885.00	$890.00	Oct 23	$1.91	$1.91	$3.09	85%	0.62	$886.91

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
$705.00	$700.00	Oct 23	$1.82	$1.82	$3.18	93%	0.57	$703.18
$695.00	$685.00	Nov 6	$2.41	$2.41	$7.59	89%	0.32	$692.59
$795.00	$790.00	Oct 16	$3.05	$3.05	$1.95	66%	1.56	$791.95
$760.00	$755.00	Oct 30	$2.73	$2.73	$2.27	73%	1.20	$757.27

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 14 found (avg debit $9.34, cheapest $8.35)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$810.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$10.34	44.7%	33.1%
$805.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$11.08	44.4%	33.3%
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.90	40.7%	35.0%
$815.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.45	40.7%	37.0%
$820.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.45	39.5%	36.8%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$810.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.35	44.7%	33.1%
$805.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.13	44.4%	33.3%
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$10.08	40.7%	35.0%
$815.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.55	40.7%	37.0%
$820.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.93	39.5%	36.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 141 found (cheapest 1.95% of stock, avg 7.63%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$812.50	Oct 9	$8.73	$7.15	$15.88	$796.62	$828.38	1.95%
$810.00	Oct 9	$9.43	$6.73	$16.16	$793.84	$826.16	1.99%
$817.50	Oct 9	$5.90	$10.43	$16.33	$801.17	$833.83	2.01%
$805.00	Oct 9	$11.80	$4.72	$16.52	$788.48	$821.52	2.03%
$815.00	Oct 9	$7.25	$9.53	$16.78	$798.22	$831.78	2.07%
$820.00	Oct 9	$4.93	$12.25	$17.18	$802.82	$837.18	2.11%
$802.50	Oct 9	$14.20	$3.38	$17.58	$784.92	$820.08	2.16%
$807.50	Oct 9	$11.95	$5.82	$17.77	$789.73	$825.27	2.19%
$822.50	Oct 9	$4.40	$13.95	$18.35	$804.15	$840.85	2.26%
$825.00	Oct 9	$3.22	$16.73	$19.95	$805.05	$844.95	2.46%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.81% of stock, avg 6.26%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$825.00	$802.50	Oct 9	$3.22	$3.38	$6.60	$795.90	$831.60
$822.50	$802.50	Oct 9	$4.40	$3.38	$7.78	$794.72	$830.28
$825.00	$805.00	Oct 9	$3.22	$4.72	$7.94	$797.06	$832.94
$822.50	$805.00	Oct 9	$4.40	$4.72	$9.12	$795.88	$831.62
$820.00	$802.50	Oct 9	$4.93	$3.38	$8.31	$794.19	$828.31
$825.00	$807.50	Oct 9	$3.22	$5.82	$9.04	$798.46	$834.04
$820.00	$805.00	Oct 9	$4.93	$4.72	$9.65	$795.35	$829.65
$822.50	$807.50	Oct 9	$4.40	$5.82	$10.22	$797.28	$832.72
$820.00	$807.50	Oct 9	$4.93	$5.82	$10.75	$796.75	$830.75
$817.50	$802.50	Oct 9	$5.90	$3.38	$9.28	$793.22	$826.78

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 238 found (best R:R 2.76, avg credit $2.45)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
700/705	840/845	Oct 23	$3.67	$1.33	59%	2.76	$701.33	$843.67
690/695	870/875	Nov 13	$3.62	$1.38	54%	2.62	$691.38	$873.62
700/705	845/850	Oct 23	$3.17	$1.83	62%	1.73	$701.83	$848.17
690/695	840/845	Oct 23	$3.25	$1.75	59%	1.86	$691.75	$843.25
660/665	840/845	Oct 23	$3.16	$1.84	60%	1.72	$661.84	$843.16
655/660	855/860	Oct 30	$3.10	$1.90	59%	1.63	$656.90	$858.10
730/735	870/875	Nov 13	$3.77	$1.23	45%	3.07	$731.23	$873.77
650/660	880/890	Nov 20	$4.98	$5.02	60%	0.99	$655.02	$884.98
690/695	885/890	Nov 13	$3.08	$1.92	58%	1.60	$691.92	$888.08
750/755	870/875	Nov 13	$4.04	$0.96	39%	4.21	$750.96	$874.04

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 228 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	$0.05	$9.95	7%	199.00
$860.00	$870.00	$880.00	Nov 20	$0.06	$9.94	6%	165.67
$820.00	$830.00	$840.00	Nov 20	$0.15	$9.85	7%	65.67
$900.00	$910.00	$920.00	Nov 20	$0.14	$9.86	5%	70.43
$830.00	$840.00	$850.00	Nov 20	$0.24	$9.76	6%	40.67

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$810.00	$820.00	$830.00	Nov 20	$0.11	$9.89	6%	89.91
$790.00	$800.00	$810.00	Nov 20	$0.15	$9.85	7%	65.67
$830.00	$835.00	$840.00	Oct 9	$0.15	$4.85	13%	32.33
$710.00	$720.00	$730.00	Nov 20	$0.05	$9.95	4%	199.00
$890.00	$900.00	$910.00	Oct 16	$0.09	$9.91	5%	110.11

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 $-24.42, 171 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$650.00	$720.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$24.42	$45.58
$920.00	$960.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.78	$39.22
$700.00	$740.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$38.35	$1.65
$830.00	$835.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.50	$4.50
$835.00	$840.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.39	$4.61

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$935.00	$875.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$32.06	$27.94
$660.00	$655.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.05	$4.95
$785.00	$780.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.18	$4.82
$790.00	$785.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.37	$4.63
$700.00	$690.00	1:2	Oct 16	$0.00	$10.00

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 141 found (best yield 5.20%, avg 1.52%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$820.00	Nov 20	$42.25	0.51	0.9%	5.20%	6.14%	16	160
$860.00	Nov 20	$27.00	0.38	5.9%	3.32%	9.18%	4	116
$830.00	Nov 20	$36.75	0.47	2.2%	4.52%	6.69%	1	217
$840.00	Nov 20	$32.80	0.44	3.4%	4.04%	7.43%	1	251
$850.00	Nov 20	$29.00	0.41	4.6%	3.57%	8.20%	7	446
$870.00	Nov 20	$23.15	0.35	7.1%	2.85%	9.94%	1	303
$840.00	Nov 13	$31.00	0.43	3.4%	3.82%	7.21%	--	12
$880.00	Nov 20	$21.15	0.32	8.3%	2.60%	10.92%	11	679
$850.00	Nov 13	$26.75	0.40	4.6%	3.29%	7.92%	--	52
$845.00	Nov 13	$28.30	0.41	4.0%	3.48%	7.50%	--	41

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 932

Total Puts 743

Put/Call Ratio 0.80

Net Difference 189

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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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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Earnings - Day Before / Day After

Options Activity Around Earnings

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Price — Past 7 Days

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