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CAT

CATERPILLAR INC

$818.63 +0.59%

(10/8 10:05) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/08 10:10am) 2,601

Calls: 1,586 (61%)

Puts: 1,015 (39%)

Prior (08/04) 18,990

Calls: 7,714 (41%)

Puts: 11,276 (59%)

Current vs Prior -86.30%

Calls: -79.44% (Calls)

Puts: -91.00% (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 -86.59%

Calls: -83.96%

Puts: -89.32%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/08 10:10am) $4.10M

Calls: $2.37M (58%)

Puts: $1.73M (42%)

Prior (08/04) $35.71M

Calls: $17.29M (48%)

Puts: $18.42M (52%)

Current vs Prior -88.50%

Calls: -86.28%

Puts: -90.59%

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 -89.89%

Calls: -91.56%

Puts: -86.15%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/08 10:10am) 0.64

Prior (08/04) 1.46

Current vs Prior -56.22%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.03

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -37.86%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/08 10:10am) 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 2.02% | 4.51%4.51% | 12.26%

Prior 2.47% | 4.63%4.63% | 12.05%

Current vs Prior -18.21% | -2.72%-2.72% | +1.69%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -21.09% | -5.88%-19.11% | -2.96%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -18.21% | -2.72%-2.72% | +1.69%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 52.31% | 13.47%

Calls: 47.50% | 9.37%

Puts: 57.13% | 17.58%

Prior 29.18% | 23.64%

Calls: 26.03% | 20.77%

Puts: 32.32% | 26.51%

Current vs Prior +79.27% | -43.02%

Prior 7-Day Avg 34.78% | 17.72%

Calls: 34.19% | 17.41%

Puts: 35.38% | 18.02%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +50.38% | -23.97%

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Light premium activity with dollar volume down 88% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 86% vs prior. Bullish P/C ratio of 0.64. P/C ratio dropping 56% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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Current BULLISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BULLISH

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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
10:10	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 52 of results (avg 8.2%, best 4.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$840.00	Nov 20	37.90	39.70	$38.80	4.6%	7	0.46	251
$820.00	Nov 20	47.00	49.25	$48.13	4.7%	22	0.52	160
$670.00	Nov 20	150.85	160.35	$155.60	6.1%	--	0.92	49
$730.00	Nov 20	101.50	108.00	$104.75	6.2%	--	0.81	29
$850.00	Nov 20	33.95	36.25	$35.10	6.6%	7	0.42	446

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$750.00	Nov 20	17.85	18.80	$18.33	5.2%	47	0.25	502
$935.00	Nov 6	119.00	126.75	$122.88	6.3%	2	0.84	3
$980.00	Nov 20	161.30	172.35	$166.83	6.6%	--	0.88	88
$760.00	Nov 20	20.95	22.45	$21.70	6.9%	1	0.28	465
$975.00	Oct 9	150.85	162.20	$156.52	7.3%	2	0.92	--

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 0.74, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$670.00	Oct 16	143.65	155.20	$149.43	7.7%	--	1.00	12
$700.00	Oct 16	113.75	125.30	$119.53	9.7%	--	1.00	14
$710.00	Oct 16	103.85	115.40	$109.63	10.5%	--	1.00	14
$720.00	Oct 16	93.95	103.90	$98.93	10.1%	--	1.00	63
$730.00	Oct 16	85.75	95.75	$90.75	11.0%	--	1.00	26

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$910.00	Oct 16	86.95	96.95	$91.95	10.9%	--	0.97	115
$860.00	Oct 9	37.75	47.60	$42.68	23.1%	1	0.96	38
$870.00	Oct 9	47.45	57.45	$52.45	19.1%	--	0.95	12
$900.00	Oct 16	77.00	87.00	$82.00	12.2%	--	0.95	127
$930.00	Oct 23	105.95	117.60	$111.78	10.4%	--	0.95	16

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 236 active (total vol 2.2K, top 166)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$835.00	Oct 9	1.65	3.25	$2.45	65.3%	166	0.22	75
$827.50	Oct 9	3.25	5.10	$4.18	44.3%	155	0.33	20
$825.00	Oct 16	14.30	18.55	$16.43	25.9%	100	0.46	122
$850.00	Oct 9	0.31	0.78	$0.55	85.5%	77	0.06	166
$840.00	Oct 9	0.73	1.78	$1.25	84.0%	64	0.13	168

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$760.00	Oct 16	1.47	2.00	$1.74	30.5%	91	0.08	734
$800.00	Oct 9	1.50	2.38	$1.94	45.4%	70	0.17	594
$785.00	Oct 9	0.35	0.90	$0.63	87.3%	54	0.06	222
$750.00	Nov 20	17.85	18.80	$18.33	5.2%	47	0.25	502
$795.00	Oct 9	0.71	1.44	$1.08	67.6%	39	0.11	382

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 13 strikes (avg 10.5%, max 19.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	44.2%	37.0%	19.5%	23	77
$822.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	43.0%	36.1%	19.3%	6	86
$827.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	40.3%	36.3%	11.1%	155	32
$817.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	37.9%	34.8%	9.0%	4	97
$800.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	42.9%	40.1%	6.9%	1	518

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	44.2%	37.0%	19.5%	3	121
$822.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	43.0%	36.1%	19.3%	1	211
$817.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	37.9%	34.8%	9.0%	1	115
$800.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	42.9%	40.1%	6.9%	81	1.3K
$827.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	40.3%	37.9%	6.4%	--	56

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 335 found (best R:R 3.17, avg 5.38)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$825.00	$835.00	Nov 6	$2.40	$7.60	$2.40	50%	3.17	$827.40
$770.00	$775.00	Oct 23	$1.77	$3.23	$1.77	81%	1.82	$771.77
$790.00	$795.00	Oct 16	$1.58	$3.42	$1.58	75%	2.16	$791.58
$780.00	$790.00	Nov 20	$4.53	$5.47	$4.53	66%	1.21	$784.53
$880.00	$890.00	Nov 6	$1.05	$8.95	$1.05	29%	8.52	$881.05

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$845.00	$840.00	Oct 23	$1.52	$3.48	$1.52	65%	2.29	$843.48
$810.00	$805.00	Nov 13	$0.65	$4.35	$0.65	46%	6.69	$809.35
$840.00	$835.00	Oct 16	$1.90	$3.10	$1.90	68%	1.63	$838.10
$865.00	$850.00	Oct 30	$8.38	$6.62	$8.38	67%	0.79	$856.62
$860.00	$855.00	Oct 16	$2.83	$2.17	$2.83	81%	0.77	$857.17

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 276 found (best R:R 1.72, avg 0.45)

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
$970.00	$980.00	Oct 16	$1.56	$1.56	$8.44	95%	0.18	$971.56
$945.00	$950.00	Oct 23	$1.59	$1.59	$3.41	93%	0.47	$946.59
$820.00	$825.00	Oct 30	$3.58	$3.58	$1.42	50%	2.52	$823.58

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$795.00	$785.00	Nov 13	$6.32	$6.32	$3.68	60%	1.72	$788.68
$800.00	$790.00	Nov 6	$6.02	$6.02	$3.98	59%	1.51	$793.98
$695.00	$685.00	Nov 6	$2.51	$2.51	$7.49	90%	0.34	$692.49
$770.00	$765.00	Nov 13	$3.20	$3.20	$1.80	69%	1.78	$766.80
$805.00	$800.00	Oct 30	$3.80	$3.80	$1.20	57%	3.17	$801.20

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 16 found (avg debit $10.19, cheapest $9.25)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$815.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$11.55	44.0%	35.5%
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$10.87	44.2%	37.0%
$810.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.48	38.9%	34.1%
$820.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.85	41.6%	37.0%
$822.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$10.25	43.0%	38.5%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$815.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.25	44.0%	35.5%
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.80	44.2%	37.0%
$810.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.09	38.9%	34.1%
$820.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.68	41.6%	37.0%
$822.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$10.42	43.0%	38.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 147 found (cheapest 1.78% of stock, avg 7.78%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$817.50	Oct 9	$8.00	$6.60	$14.60	$802.90	$832.10	1.78%
$820.00	Oct 9	$7.40	$8.52	$15.92	$804.08	$835.92	1.94%
$822.50	Oct 9	$6.55	$9.35	$15.90	$806.60	$838.40	1.94%
$815.00	Oct 9	$9.50	$6.63	$16.13	$798.87	$831.13	1.97%
$825.00	Oct 9	$5.40	$10.70	$16.10	$808.90	$841.10	1.97%
$827.50	Oct 9	$4.18	$12.20	$16.38	$811.12	$843.88	2.00%
$812.50	Oct 9	$11.38	$5.63	$17.01	$795.49	$829.51	2.08%
$810.00	Oct 9	$13.60	$3.81	$17.41	$792.59	$827.41	2.13%
$807.50	Oct 9	$15.25	$3.43	$18.68	$788.82	$826.18	2.28%
$830.00	Oct 9	$3.63	$15.60	$19.23	$810.77	$849.23	2.35%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.86% of stock, avg 6.34%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$830.00	$807.50	Oct 9	$3.63	$3.43	$7.06	$800.44	$837.06
$830.00	$810.00	Oct 9	$3.63	$3.81	$7.44	$802.56	$837.44
$827.50	$807.50	Oct 9	$4.18	$3.43	$7.61	$799.89	$835.11
$827.50	$810.00	Oct 9	$4.18	$3.81	$7.99	$802.01	$835.49
$825.00	$807.50	Oct 9	$5.40	$3.43	$8.83	$798.67	$833.83
$825.00	$810.00	Oct 9	$5.40	$3.81	$9.21	$800.79	$834.21
$830.00	$812.50	Oct 9	$3.63	$5.63	$9.26	$803.24	$839.26
$827.50	$812.50	Oct 9	$4.18	$5.63	$9.81	$802.69	$837.31
$825.00	$812.50	Oct 9	$5.40	$5.63	$11.03	$801.47	$836.03
$830.00	$815.00	Oct 9	$3.63	$6.63	$10.26	$804.74	$840.26

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 240 found (best R:R 3.00, avg credit $2.29)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
700/705	850/855	Oct 23	$3.75	$1.25	62%	3.00	$701.25	$853.75
700/705	855/860	Oct 23	$3.39	$1.61	65%	2.11	$701.61	$858.39
690/695	850/855	Oct 23	$3.30	$1.70	62%	1.94	$691.70	$853.30
660/665	850/855	Oct 23	$3.22	$1.78	63%	1.81	$661.78	$853.22
760/765	835/840	Oct 9	$2.76	$2.24	70%	1.23	$762.24	$837.76
655/660	865/870	Oct 30	$3.15	$1.85	61%	1.70	$656.85	$868.15
690/695	855/860	Oct 23	$2.94	$2.06	66%	1.43	$692.06	$857.94
660/665	855/860	Oct 23	$2.86	$2.14	67%	1.34	$662.14	$857.86
740/745	850/855	Oct 23	$3.33	$1.67	55%	1.99	$741.67	$853.33
680/685	865/870	Oct 30	$3.13	$1.87	58%	1.67	$681.87	$868.13

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 230 found (best R:R 61.50, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$785.00	$790.00	$795.00	Oct 23	$0.08	$4.92	5%	61.50
$835.00	$840.00	$845.00	Oct 23	$0.12	$4.88	6%	40.67
$875.00	$880.00	$885.00	Oct 16	$0.07	$4.93	4%	70.43
$875.00	$880.00	$885.00	Nov 13	$0.10	$4.90	3%	49.00
$870.00	$875.00	$880.00	Oct 16	$0.14	$4.86	4%	34.71

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$830.00	$835.00	$840.00	Oct 9	$0.08	$4.92	16%	61.50
$690.00	$700.00	$710.00	Nov 20	$0.08	$9.92	4%	124.00
$830.00	$835.00	$840.00	Oct 23	$0.07	$4.93	7%	70.43
$820.00	$830.00	$840.00	Nov 20	$0.24	$9.76	6%	40.67
$940.00	$950.00	$960.00	Nov 20	$0.13	$9.87	4%	75.92

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 186 found (best net $-18.23, 171 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$740.00	$795.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$18.23	$36.77
$835.00	$840.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.05	$4.95
$895.00	$900.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.09	$4.91
$845.00	$850.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.21	$4.79
$930.00	$940.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.10	$9.90

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$935.00	$875.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$29.32	$30.68
$695.00	$685.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.20	$9.80
$660.00	$655.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.05	$4.95
$700.00	$690.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.02	$9.98
$795.00	$790.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.36	$4.64

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 140 found (best yield 5.74%, avg 1.55%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$820.00	Nov 20	$47.00	0.52	0.2%	5.74%	5.91%	22	160
$830.00	Nov 20	$42.15	0.49	1.4%	5.15%	6.54%	1	217
$840.00	Nov 20	$37.90	0.46	2.6%	4.63%	7.24%	7	251
$850.00	Nov 20	$33.95	0.42	3.8%	4.15%	7.98%	7	446
$860.00	Nov 20	$29.75	0.39	5.0%	3.63%	8.69%	4	116
$870.00	Nov 20	$26.95	0.36	6.3%	3.29%	9.57%	1	303
$880.00	Nov 20	$23.60	0.33	7.5%	2.88%	10.38%	11	679
$890.00	Nov 20	$20.55	0.30	8.7%	2.51%	11.23%	--	277
$840.00	Nov 13	$31.60	0.44	2.6%	3.86%	6.47%	10	12
$860.00	Nov 13	$25.40	0.37	5.0%	3.10%	8.16%	--	18

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 1,586

Total Puts 1,015

Put/Call Ratio 0.64

Net Difference 571

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 7,714

Total Puts 11,276

Put/Call Ratio 1.46

Net Difference -3,562

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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Options Activity Around Earnings

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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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