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CAT

CATERPILLAR INC

$818.04 +0.52%

(10/8 10:00) ◀

Thursday, October 8, 2026 (10:05am)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/08 10:05am) 2,124

Calls: 1,277 (60%)

Puts: 847 (40%)

Prior (08/04) 17,758

Calls: 7,261 (41%)

Puts: 10,497 (59%)

Current vs Prior -88.04%

Calls: -82.41% (Calls)

Puts: -91.93% (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 -89.05%

Calls: -87.09%

Puts: -91.09%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/08 10:05am) $3.38M

Calls: $1.76M (52%)

Puts: $1.61M (48%)

Prior (08/04) $33.79M

Calls: $16.79M (50%)

Puts: $17.00M (50%)

Current vs Prior -90.01%

Calls: -89.51%

Puts: -90.50%

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 -91.69%

Calls: -93.73%

Puts: -87.09%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/08 10:05am) 0.66

Prior (08/04) 1.45

Current vs Prior -54.12%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.03

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -35.60%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/08 10:05am) 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 2.19% | 4.57%4.57% | 12.31%

Prior 2.47% | 4.63%4.63% | 12.05%

Current vs Prior -11.07% | -1.28%-1.28% | +2.15%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -14.20% | -4.49%-17.91% | -2.52%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -11.07% | -1.28%-1.28% | +2.15%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 55.34% | 20.46%

Calls: 51.01% | 12.66%

Puts: 59.67% | 28.27%

Prior 29.18% | 23.64%

Calls: 26.03% | 20.77%

Puts: 32.32% | 26.51%

Current vs Prior +89.65% | -13.45%

Prior 7-Day Avg 34.78% | 17.72%

Calls: 34.19% | 17.41%

Puts: 35.38% | 18.02%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +59.09% | +15.49%

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Light premium activity with dollar volume down 90% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 88% vs prior. Bullish P/C ratio of 0.66. P/C ratio dropping 54% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BULLISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

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
10:05	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 31 of results (avg 8.2%, best 4.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$840.00	Nov 20	37.60	39.15	$38.38	4.0%	6	0.45	251
$820.00	Nov 20	46.25	48.35	$47.30	4.4%	18	0.51	160
$830.00	Nov 20	41.60	43.55	$42.58	4.6%	1	0.48	217
$835.00	Nov 6	33.50	36.15	$34.83	7.6%	2	0.45	7
$660.00	Nov 20	155.10	167.65	$161.38	7.8%	--	0.92	23

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$970.00	Nov 6	153.80	164.50	$159.15	6.7%	2	0.89	--
$975.00	Oct 9	154.95	165.75	$160.35	6.7%	2	0.94	--
$800.00	Nov 20	36.50	39.15	$37.83	7.0%	11	0.42	684
$980.00	Nov 20	162.50	175.00	$168.75	7.4%	--	0.88	88
$960.00	Nov 20	146.10	157.50	$151.80	7.5%	--	0.85	49

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. 178 found (avg delta 0.75, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$750.00	Oct 9	61.05	71.05	$66.05	15.1%	--	1.00	11
$760.00	Oct 9	51.10	61.10	$56.10	17.8%	--	1.00	21
$765.00	Oct 9	46.20	56.20	$51.20	19.5%	--	1.00	10
$770.00	Oct 9	40.05	50.00	$45.03	22.1%	20	1.00	88
$775.00	Oct 9	36.20	45.60	$40.90	23.0%	--	1.00	81

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$910.00	Oct 16	89.55	99.50	$94.53	10.5%	--	0.97	115
$870.00	Oct 9	51.15	61.10	$56.13	17.7%	--	0.96	12
$860.00	Oct 9	41.15	51.10	$46.13	21.6%	--	0.96	38
$855.00	Oct 9	36.65	46.65	$41.65	24.0%	--	0.96	19
$900.00	Oct 16	80.95	90.95	$85.95	11.6%	--	0.96	127

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 205 active (total vol 1.8K, top 165)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$835.00	Oct 9	1.90	2.48	$2.19	26.5%	165	0.19	75
$827.50	Oct 9	3.20	4.85	$4.03	40.9%	154	0.29	20
$850.00	Oct 9	0.42	0.76	$0.59	57.6%	66	0.06	166
$840.00	Oct 9	0.67	1.83	$1.25	92.8%	60	0.12	168
$825.00	Oct 16	13.40	15.50	$14.45	14.5%	56	0.43	122

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$760.00	Oct 16	1.71	2.20	$1.96	25.0%	84	0.09	734
$785.00	Oct 9	0.36	1.04	$0.70	97.1%	54	0.08	222
$750.00	Nov 20	18.40	20.40	$19.40	10.3%	47	0.26	502
$800.00	Oct 9	1.67	2.83	$2.25	51.6%	46	0.21	594
$795.00	Oct 9	0.98	1.64	$1.31	50.4%	32	0.14	382

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 14 strikes (avg 12.6%, max 23.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$827.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	44.4%	37.2%	19.5%	154	32
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	43.1%	36.1%	19.3%	17	77
$817.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	42.7%	36.1%	18.5%	4	97
$822.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	43.2%	37.6%	15.1%	3	86
$820.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	45.7%	44.4%	3.0%	51	359

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$797.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	46.0%	37.1%	23.9%	16	164
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	43.1%	36.1%	19.3%	3	121
$817.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	42.7%	36.1%	18.5%	--	115
$827.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	44.4%	37.7%	17.8%	--	56
$822.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	43.2%	37.6%	15.1%	1	211

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 343 found (best R:R 6.14, avg 6.12)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$825.00	$835.00	Nov 6	$1.40	$8.60	$1.40	48%	6.14	$826.40
$800.00	$810.00	Nov 20	$3.45	$6.55	$3.45	58%	1.90	$803.45
$790.00	$795.00	Oct 16	$1.83	$3.17	$1.83	74%	1.73	$791.83
$760.00	$770.00	Nov 20	$5.47	$4.53	$5.47	71%	0.83	$765.47
$790.00	$800.00	Nov 20	$4.54	$5.46	$4.54	61%	1.20	$794.54

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$800.00	$795.00	Nov 13	$0.48	$4.52	$0.48	43%	9.42	$799.52
$775.00	$770.00	Oct 30	$0.23	$4.77	$0.23	32%	20.74	$774.77
$840.00	$835.00	Oct 9	$3.25	$1.75	$3.25	88%	0.54	$836.75
$870.00	$865.00	Oct 30	$2.42	$2.58	$2.42	69%	1.07	$867.58
$810.00	$805.00	Nov 13	$1.28	$3.72	$1.28	46%	2.91	$808.72

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 276 found (best R:R 1.90, avg 0.48)

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
$915.00	$920.00	Nov 13	$2.73	$2.73	$2.27	78%	1.20	$917.73
$835.00	$840.00	Nov 6	$3.80	$3.80	$1.20	55%	3.17	$838.80
$840.00	$850.00	Nov 20	$5.85	$5.85	$4.15	55%	1.41	$845.85

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$795.00	$785.00	Nov 13	$6.55	$6.55	$3.45	59%	1.90	$788.45
$695.00	$685.00	Nov 6	$3.36	$3.36	$6.64	89%	0.51	$691.64
$805.00	$800.00	Nov 13	$4.42	$4.42	$0.58	55%	7.62	$800.58
$705.00	$700.00	Oct 9	$2.12	$2.12	$2.88	94%	0.74	$702.88
$815.00	$810.00	Nov 13	$4.12	$4.12	$0.88	52%	4.68	$810.88

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 14 found (avg debit $9.60, cheapest $8.65)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$815.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$10.68	42.6%	34.2%
$820.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.35	45.7%	37.4%
$825.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.50	45.3%	37.9%
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$10.10	43.1%	36.1%
$822.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.12	43.2%	37.4%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$815.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.65	42.6%	34.2%
$820.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.18	45.7%	37.4%
$825.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.85	45.3%	37.9%
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.41	43.1%	36.1%
$822.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.28	43.2%	37.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 142 found (cheapest 1.94% of stock, avg 7.60%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$815.00	Oct 9	$8.30	$7.58	$15.88	$799.12	$830.88	1.94%
$810.00	Oct 9	$11.13	$5.10	$16.23	$793.77	$826.23	1.98%
$812.50	Oct 9	$9.70	$6.57	$16.27	$796.23	$828.77	1.99%
$817.50	Oct 9	$7.50	$8.80	$16.30	$801.20	$833.80	1.99%
$820.00	Oct 9	$6.95	$10.45	$17.40	$802.60	$837.40	2.13%
$822.50	Oct 9	$6.28	$11.60	$17.88	$804.62	$840.38	2.19%
$825.00	Oct 9	$4.95	$13.30	$18.25	$806.75	$843.25	2.23%
$807.50	Oct 9	$14.08	$4.75	$18.83	$788.67	$826.33	2.30%
$827.50	Oct 9	$4.03	$14.80	$18.83	$808.67	$846.33	2.30%
$805.00	Oct 9	$15.90	$3.53	$19.43	$785.57	$824.43	2.38%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 174 found (cheapest 0.92% of stock, avg 6.27%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$827.50	$805.00	Oct 9	$4.03	$3.53	$7.56	$797.44	$835.06
$825.00	$805.00	Oct 9	$4.95	$3.53	$8.48	$796.52	$833.48
$827.50	$807.50	Oct 9	$4.03	$4.75	$8.78	$798.72	$836.28
$825.00	$807.50	Oct 9	$4.95	$4.75	$9.70	$797.80	$834.70
$827.50	$810.00	Oct 9	$4.03	$5.10	$9.13	$800.87	$836.63
$825.00	$810.00	Oct 9	$4.95	$5.10	$10.05	$799.95	$835.05
$822.50	$805.00	Oct 9	$6.28	$3.53	$9.81	$795.19	$832.31
$822.50	$810.00	Oct 9	$6.28	$5.10	$11.38	$798.62	$833.88
$822.50	$807.50	Oct 9	$6.28	$4.75	$11.03	$796.47	$833.53
$820.00	$805.00	Oct 9	$6.95	$3.53	$10.48	$794.52	$830.48

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 290 found (best R:R 3.42, avg credit $2.35)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
700/705	850/855	Oct 23	$3.87	$1.13	64%	3.42	$701.13	$853.87
700/705	830/835	Oct 9	$3.46	$1.54	69%	2.25	$701.54	$833.46
700/705	845/850	Oct 23	$3.87	$1.13	61%	3.42	$701.13	$848.87
700/705	835/840	Oct 9	$3.06	$1.94	75%	1.58	$701.94	$838.06
700/705	860/865	Oct 9	$2.30	$2.70	90%	0.85	$702.70	$862.30
700/705	850/855	Oct 9	$2.34	$2.66	88%	0.88	$702.66	$852.34
700/705	840/845	Oct 9	$2.60	$2.40	82%	1.08	$702.40	$842.60
690/695	850/855	Oct 23	$3.45	$1.55	65%	2.23	$691.55	$853.45
660/665	850/855	Oct 23	$3.36	$1.64	66%	2.05	$661.64	$853.36
700/705	845/850	Oct 9	$2.30	$2.70	86%	0.85	$702.70	$847.30

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
$830.00	$835.00	$840.00	Oct 16	$0.05	$4.95	8%	99.00
$810.00	$820.00	$830.00	Nov 20	$0.21	$9.79	6%	46.62
$900.00	$910.00	$920.00	Nov 20	$0.17	$9.83	5%	57.82
$840.00	$845.00	$850.00	Oct 30	$0.10	$4.90	4%	49.00
$765.00	$770.00	$775.00	Oct 23	$0.17	$4.83	6%	28.41

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$720.00	$730.00	$740.00	Nov 20	$0.05	$9.95	5%	199.00
$800.00	$805.00	$810.00	Oct 23	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43
$770.00	$775.00	$780.00	Oct 16	$0.06	$4.94	6%	82.33
$785.00	$790.00	$795.00	Oct 30	$0.05	$4.95	4%	99.00
$780.00	$785.00	$790.00	Oct 23	$0.10	$4.90	6%	49.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 181 found (best net $-28.75, 163 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$920.00	$960.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.88	$39.12
$835.00	$840.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.31	$4.69
$830.00	$835.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.85	$4.15
$840.00	$845.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.29	$4.71
$850.00	$855.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.15	$4.85

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$935.00	$875.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$28.75	$31.25
$785.00	$780.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.06	$4.94
$660.00	$655.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.05	$4.95
$700.00	$690.00	1:2	Oct 16	$0.00	$10.00
$740.00	$735.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.07	$4.93

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 136 found (best yield 4.60%, avg 1.49%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$840.00	Nov 20	$37.60	0.45	2.7%	4.60%	7.28%	6	251
$830.00	Nov 20	$41.60	0.48	1.5%	5.09%	6.55%	1	217
$820.00	Nov 20	$46.25	0.51	0.2%	5.65%	5.89%	18	160
$860.00	Nov 20	$27.00	0.38	5.1%	3.30%	8.43%	4	116
$850.00	Nov 20	$29.80	0.41	3.9%	3.64%	7.55%	7	446
$870.00	Nov 20	$23.15	0.35	6.3%	2.83%	9.18%	1	303
$835.00	Nov 6	$33.50	0.45	2.1%	4.10%	6.17%	2	7
$840.00	Nov 13	$31.60	0.43	2.7%	3.86%	6.55%	--	12
$880.00	Nov 20	$21.15	0.32	7.6%	2.59%	10.16%	11	679
$845.00	Nov 13	$28.95	0.42	3.3%	3.54%	6.83%	--	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 1,277

Total Puts 847

Put/Call Ratio 0.66

Net Difference 430

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 7,261

Total Puts 10,497

Put/Call Ratio 1.45

Net Difference -3,236

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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Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

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Earnings This Week

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Earnings - Day Before / Day After

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

Earnings This Week

Earnings - Day Before / Day After

Options Activity Around Earnings

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Price — Past 7 Days

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