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CAT

CATERPILLAR INC

$818.60 +0.59%

(10/8 10:15) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/08 10:20am) 4,193

Calls: 2,430 (58%)

Puts: 1,763 (42%)

Prior (08/04) 22,893

Calls: 9,673 (42%)

Puts: 13,220 (58%)

Current vs Prior -81.68%

Calls: -74.88% (Calls)

Puts: -86.66% (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 -78.37%

Calls: -75.42%

Puts: -81.44%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/08 10:20am) $5.28M

Calls: $3.18M (60%)

Puts: $2.09M (40%)

Prior (08/04) $39.82M

Calls: $19.91M (50%)

Puts: $19.91M (50%)

Current vs Prior -86.75%

Calls: -84.02%

Puts: -89.48%

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 -87.01%

Calls: -88.68%

Puts: -83.26%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/08 10:20am) 0.73

Prior (08/04) 1.37

Current vs Prior -46.91%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.03

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -29.56%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/08 10:20am) 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

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WKMO Expiry (10/09) | Next (10/16)Expiry (10/16) | Next (11/20)

Current 1.95% | 4.40%4.40% | 12.09%

Prior 2.47% | 4.63%4.63% | 12.05%

Current vs Prior -20.78% | -5.04%-5.04% | +0.26%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -23.57% | -8.12%-21.04% | -4.32%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -20.78% | -5.04%-5.04% | +0.26%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 41.25% | 16.39%

Calls: 41.02% | 15.56%

Puts: 41.47% | 17.22%

Prior 29.18% | 23.64%

Calls: 26.03% | 20.77%

Puts: 32.32% | 26.51%

Current vs Prior +41.36% | -30.67%

Prior 7-Day Avg 34.78% | 17.72%

Calls: 34.19% | 17.41%

Puts: 35.38% | 18.02%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +18.59% | -7.48%

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Moderately bullish flow with 60% call dollar volume ($3.18M). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 87% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 82% vs prior. P/C ratio dropping 47% - 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 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
10:20	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:15	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 59 of results (avg 8.3%, best 4.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$820.00	Nov 20	46.40	48.40	$47.40	4.2%	22	0.52	160
$670.00	Nov 20	150.85	158.55	$154.70	5.0%	--	0.92	49
$812.50	Oct 16	20.40	21.50	$20.95	5.3%	8	0.56	24
$660.00	Nov 20	158.50	167.65	$163.07	5.6%	--	0.93	23
$840.00	Nov 20	37.55	39.95	$38.75	6.2%	7	0.45	251

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$820.00	Nov 20	45.60	48.10	$46.85	5.3%	3	0.48	189
$800.00	Nov 20	35.80	38.00	$36.90	6.0%	11	0.41	684
$980.00	Nov 20	161.30	172.30	$166.80	6.6%	--	0.88	88
$975.00	Oct 9	150.85	162.40	$156.63	7.4%	2	0.94	--
$770.00	Nov 20	24.10	26.00	$25.05	7.6%	5	0.31	337

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. 182 found (avg delta 0.74, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$750.00	Oct 9	63.80	73.80	$68.80	14.5%	--	1.00	11
$760.00	Oct 9	53.35	63.35	$58.35	17.1%	--	1.00	21
$765.00	Oct 9	48.10	58.10	$53.10	18.8%	--	1.00	10
$770.00	Oct 9	43.25	52.00	$47.63	18.4%	20	1.00	88
$775.00	Oct 9	38.25	47.00	$42.63	20.5%	--	1.00	81

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
$870.00	Oct 9	48.60	57.45	$53.03	16.7%	--	0.97	12
$860.00	Oct 9	38.65	47.60	$43.13	20.8%	1	0.97	38
$900.00	Oct 16	77.00	87.00	$82.00	12.2%	--	0.96	127
$930.00	Oct 23	105.95	117.80	$111.88	10.6%	--	0.95	16

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 260 active (total vol 3.7K, top 294)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$865.00	Oct 9	0.10	0.31	$0.21	100.0%	294	0.02	395
$835.00	Oct 16	10.10	11.35	$10.73	11.6%	292	0.36	57
$835.00	Oct 9	1.50	2.83	$2.17	61.3%	166	0.20	75
$827.50	Oct 9	2.13	5.50	$3.82	88.2%	157	0.31	20
$825.00	Oct 16	12.85	15.95	$14.40	21.5%	118	0.45	122

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$810.00	Oct 9	2.90	5.15	$4.03	55.8%	285	0.34	735
$780.00	Oct 16	3.55	5.00	$4.28	33.9%	272	0.18	634
$760.00	Oct 16	1.27	2.00	$1.64	44.5%	91	0.08	734
$785.00	Oct 9	0.35	0.59	$0.47	51.1%	85	0.05	222
$800.00	Oct 9	1.22	2.00	$1.61	48.4%	78	0.17	594

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 8 strikes (avg 16.7%, max 21.8%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$822.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	43.8%	35.9%	21.8%	7	86
$817.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	40.8%	34.8%	17.3%	4	97
$827.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	41.3%	35.2%	17.3%	157	32
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	40.8%	36.6%	11.7%	25	77

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$822.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	43.8%	35.9%	21.8%	1	211
$817.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	40.8%	34.8%	17.3%	3	115
$827.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	41.3%	36.0%	14.7%	--	56
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	40.8%	36.6%	11.7%	3	121

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 352 found (best R:R 3.00, avg 5.91)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$800.00	$805.00	Oct 23	$1.25	$3.75	$1.25	64%	3.00	$801.25
$770.00	$775.00	Oct 16	$2.50	$2.50	$2.50	88%	1.00	$772.50
$900.00	$910.00	Nov 6	$0.60	$9.40	$0.60	23%	15.67	$900.60
$780.00	$790.00	Nov 20	$5.05	$4.95	$5.05	65%	0.98	$785.05
$870.00	$880.00	Nov 20	$2.08	$7.92	$2.08	36%	3.81	$872.08

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$810.00	$805.00	Nov 13	$0.65	$4.35	$0.65	46%	6.69	$809.35
$860.00	$855.00	Oct 16	$2.75	$2.25	$2.75	82%	0.82	$857.25
$865.00	$850.00	Oct 30	$8.48	$6.52	$8.48	67%	0.77	$856.52
$840.00	$835.00	Oct 16	$2.42	$2.58	$2.42	68%	1.07	$837.58
$850.00	$840.00	Nov 20	$4.70	$5.30	$4.70	58%	1.13	$845.30

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 285 found (best R:R 1.45, avg 0.42)

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
$895.00	$900.00	Nov 6	$2.85	$2.85	$2.15	74%	1.33	$897.85
$970.00	$980.00	Oct 16	$1.56	$1.56	$8.44	95%	0.18	$971.56
$830.00	$835.00	Oct 23	$3.40	$3.40	$1.60	55%	2.12	$833.40
$945.00	$950.00	Oct 23	$1.39	$1.39	$3.61	93%	0.39	$946.39

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$795.00	$785.00	Nov 13	$5.92	$5.92	$4.08	60%	1.45	$789.08
$800.00	$790.00	Nov 6	$5.80	$5.80	$4.20	59%	1.38	$794.20
$695.00	$685.00	Nov 6	$2.54	$2.54	$7.46	90%	0.34	$692.46
$705.00	$700.00	Oct 23	$1.82	$1.82	$3.18	94%	0.57	$703.18
$805.00	$800.00	Nov 13	$3.67	$3.67	$1.33	56%	2.76	$801.33

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 16 found (avg debit $9.79, cheapest $9.33)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$825.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.33	43.7%	36.1%
$822.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.99	43.8%	37.2%
$817.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$10.32	40.8%	35.0%
$827.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.46	41.3%	36.0%
$815.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.78	40.4%	35.7%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$825.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.67	43.7%	36.1%
$822.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$10.75	43.8%	37.2%
$817.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.20	40.8%	35.0%
$827.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.75	41.3%	36.0%
$815.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.50	40.4%	35.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 148 found (cheapest 1.77% of stock, avg 7.75%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$820.00	Oct 9	$6.18	$8.32	$14.50	$805.50	$834.50	1.77%
$822.50	Oct 9	$6.03	$9.45	$15.48	$807.02	$837.98	1.89%
$817.50	Oct 9	$7.68	$7.85	$15.53	$801.97	$833.03	1.90%
$815.00	Oct 9	$9.30	$6.63	$15.93	$799.07	$830.93	1.95%
$810.00	Oct 9	$12.03	$4.03	$16.06	$793.94	$826.06	1.96%
$825.00	Oct 9	$5.07	$11.38	$16.45	$808.55	$841.45	2.01%
$827.50	Oct 9	$3.82	$12.75	$16.57	$810.93	$844.07	2.02%
$812.50	Oct 9	$10.98	$5.63	$16.61	$795.89	$829.11	2.03%
$807.50	Oct 9	$14.73	$4.13	$18.86	$788.64	$826.36	2.30%
$830.00	Oct 9	$3.20	$15.70	$18.90	$811.10	$848.90	2.31%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.72% of stock, avg 6.28%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$830.00	$805.00	Oct 9	$3.20	$2.68	$5.88	$799.12	$835.88
$827.50	$805.00	Oct 9	$3.82	$2.68	$6.50	$798.50	$834.00
$830.00	$807.50	Oct 9	$3.20	$4.13	$7.33	$800.17	$837.33
$830.00	$810.00	Oct 9	$3.20	$4.03	$7.23	$802.77	$837.23
$827.50	$807.50	Oct 9	$3.82	$4.13	$7.95	$799.55	$835.45
$827.50	$810.00	Oct 9	$3.82	$4.03	$7.85	$802.15	$835.35
$825.00	$805.00	Oct 9	$5.07	$2.68	$7.75	$797.25	$832.75
$825.00	$810.00	Oct 9	$5.07	$4.03	$9.10	$800.90	$834.10
$825.00	$807.50	Oct 9	$5.07	$4.13	$9.20	$798.30	$834.20
$830.00	$812.50	Oct 9	$3.20	$5.63	$8.83	$803.67	$838.83

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 260 found (best R:R 1.89, avg credit $2.22)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
700/705	855/860	Oct 23	$3.27	$1.73	65%	1.89	$701.73	$858.27
700/705	845/850	Oct 23	$3.47	$1.53	59%	2.27	$701.53	$848.47
700/705	850/855	Oct 23	$3.22	$1.78	62%	1.81	$701.78	$853.22
655/660	860/865	Oct 30	$3.21	$1.79	60%	1.79	$656.79	$863.21
660/665	855/860	Oct 23	$2.74	$2.26	67%	1.21	$662.26	$857.74
690/695	855/860	Oct 23	$2.80	$2.20	66%	1.27	$692.20	$857.80
680/685	860/865	Oct 30	$3.19	$1.81	57%	1.76	$681.81	$863.19
655/660	865/870	Oct 30	$2.93	$2.07	62%	1.42	$657.07	$867.93
660/665	845/850	Oct 23	$2.94	$2.06	61%	1.43	$662.06	$847.94
690/695	845/850	Oct 23	$3.00	$2.00	59%	1.50	$692.00	$848.00

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 237 found (best R:R 110.11, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$830.00	$835.00	$840.00	Oct 9	$0.11	$4.89	14%	44.45
$850.00	$860.00	$870.00	Nov 20	$0.22	$9.78	7%	44.45
$790.00	$795.00	$800.00	Oct 9	$0.15	$4.85	10%	32.33
$855.00	$860.00	$865.00	Oct 16	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43
$812.50	$815.00	$817.50	Oct 9	$0.06	$2.44	10%	40.67

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$770.00	$780.00	$790.00	Nov 20	$0.09	$9.91	7%	110.11
$750.00	$760.00	$770.00	Nov 20	$0.18	$9.82	6%	54.56
$690.00	$700.00	$710.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$9.93	4%	141.86
$730.00	$740.00	$750.00	Nov 20	$0.16	$9.84	6%	61.50
$785.00	$790.00	$795.00	Oct 9	$0.06	$4.94	6%	82.33

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 190 found (best net $-26.87, 176 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$740.00	$795.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$18.86	$36.14
$835.00	$840.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.33	$4.67
$895.00	$900.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.05	$4.95
$840.00	$845.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.33	$4.67
$845.00	$850.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.25	$4.75

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$935.00	$875.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$26.87	$33.13
$695.00	$685.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.14	$9.86
$660.00	$655.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.05	$4.95
$790.00	$785.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.20	$4.80
$700.00	$690.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.02	$9.98

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 142 found (best yield 5.67%, avg 1.54%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$820.00	Nov 20	$46.40	0.52	0.2%	5.67%	5.84%	22	160
$840.00	Nov 20	$37.55	0.45	2.6%	4.59%	7.20%	7	251
$830.00	Nov 20	$41.20	0.49	1.4%	5.03%	6.43%	1	217
$850.00	Nov 20	$32.85	0.42	3.8%	4.01%	7.85%	7	446
$880.00	Nov 20	$23.20	0.33	7.5%	2.83%	10.33%	11	679
$860.00	Nov 20	$27.15	0.39	5.1%	3.32%	8.37%	4	116
$870.00	Nov 20	$24.25	0.36	6.3%	2.96%	9.24%	1	303
$890.00	Nov 20	$20.45	0.30	8.7%	2.50%	11.22%	--	277
$840.00	Nov 13	$31.60	0.44	2.6%	3.86%	6.47%	10	12
$900.00	Nov 20	$18.05	0.28	9.9%	2.20%	12.15%	4	828

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 2,430

Total Puts 1,763

Put/Call Ratio 0.73

Net Difference 667

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 9,673

Total Puts 13,220

Put/Call Ratio 1.37

Net Difference -3,547

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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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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