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CATERPILLAR INC

$815.13 +0.16%

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/08 10:25am) 4,453

Calls: 2,574 (58%)

Puts: 1,879 (42%)

Prior (08/04) 24,748

Calls: 10,481 (42%)

Puts: 14,267 (58%)

Current vs Prior -82.01%

Calls: -75.44% (Calls)

Puts: -86.83% (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 -77.03%

Calls: -73.97%

Puts: -80.22%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/08 10:25am) $5.59M

Calls: $3.32M (59%)

Puts: $2.27M (41%)

Prior (08/04) $41.60M

Calls: $19.60M (47%)

Puts: $22.00M (53%)

Current vs Prior -86.55%

Calls: -83.05%

Puts: -89.68%

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 -86.22%

Calls: -88.17%

Puts: -81.84%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/08 10:25am) 0.73

Prior (08/04) 1.36

Current vs Prior -46.37%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.03

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -29.12%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/08 10:25am) 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 2.06% | 4.41%4.41% | 12.22%

Prior 2.47% | 4.63%4.63% | 12.05%

Current vs Prior -16.32% | -4.87%-4.88% | +1.42%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -19.27% | -7.96%-20.90% | -3.22%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -16.32% | -4.87%-4.88% | +1.42%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 50.70% | 13.40%

Calls: 46.73% | 12.21%

Puts: 54.67% | 14.59%

Prior 29.18% | 23.64%

Calls: 26.03% | 20.77%

Puts: 32.32% | 26.51%

Current vs Prior +73.75% | -43.32%

Prior 7-Day Avg 34.78% | 17.72%

Calls: 34.19% | 17.41%

Puts: 35.38% | 18.02%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +45.76% | -24.36%

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Light premium activity with dollar volume down 87% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 82% vs prior. P/C ratio dropping 46% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

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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
10:25	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 52 of results (avg 8.1%, best 4.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$700.00	Nov 20	122.95	130.00	$126.48	5.6%	1	0.87	46
$670.00	Nov 20	149.90	158.55	$154.23	5.6%	--	0.92	49
$660.00	Nov 20	158.30	167.85	$163.07	5.9%	--	0.93	23
$840.00	Nov 20	36.00	38.30	$37.15	6.2%	7	0.45	251
$820.00	Nov 20	44.50	47.35	$45.93	6.2%	22	0.51	160

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$830.00	Nov 20	52.35	54.75	$53.55	4.5%	--	0.52	280
$820.00	Nov 20	46.95	49.35	$48.15	5.0%	3	0.49	189
$840.00	Nov 20	57.85	60.95	$59.40	5.2%	--	0.55	124
$800.00	Nov 20	36.50	38.80	$37.65	6.1%	14	0.42	684
$860.00	Nov 20	69.15	73.75	$71.45	6.4%	--	0.61	123

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 0.75, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$750.00	Oct 9	63.05	71.75	$67.40	12.9%	--	1.00	11
$670.00	Oct 16	143.50	154.55	$149.03	7.4%	--	0.99	12
$700.00	Oct 16	113.55	124.80	$119.18	9.4%	--	0.99	14
$710.00	Oct 16	103.65	114.75	$109.20	10.2%	--	0.99	14
$720.00	Oct 9	94.00	104.00	$99.00	10.1%	--	0.99	11

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$840.00	Oct 9	20.70	28.40	$24.55	31.4%	--	1.00	76
$845.00	Oct 9	25.40	33.45	$29.43	27.4%	1	1.00	50
$850.00	Oct 9	28.90	37.40	$33.15	25.6%	1	1.00	82
$855.00	Oct 9	33.70	42.30	$38.00	22.6%	--	1.00	19
$860.00	Oct 9	38.65	47.70	$43.18	21.0%	1	1.00	38

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 266 active (total vol 3.9K, top 298)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$865.00	Oct 9	0.11	0.29	$0.20	90.0%	298	0.02	395
$835.00	Oct 16	8.60	10.70	$9.65	21.8%	292	0.35	57
$835.00	Oct 9	1.13	2.56	$1.85	77.3%	167	0.18	75
$827.50	Oct 9	2.42	5.50	$3.96	77.8%	157	0.31	20
$825.00	Oct 16	12.20	14.60	$13.40	17.9%	118	0.43	122

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$810.00	Oct 9	3.65	5.95	$4.80	47.9%	288	0.36	735
$780.00	Oct 16	3.55	5.40	$4.47	41.4%	272	0.19	634
$760.00	Oct 16	1.27	2.00	$1.64	44.5%	91	0.08	734
$785.00	Oct 9	0.30	0.72	$0.51	82.4%	86	0.06	222
$800.00	Oct 9	1.19	2.57	$1.88	73.4%	84	0.18	594

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 11 strikes (avg 12.9%, max 19.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$827.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	42.4%	35.6%	19.0%	157	32
$817.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	41.4%	35.8%	15.6%	4	97
$822.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	41.9%	36.3%	15.6%	8	86
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	39.0%	34.6%	12.6%	26	77
$810.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	41.3%	40.4%	2.4%	27	350

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$817.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	41.4%	35.8%	15.6%	3	115
$822.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	41.9%	36.3%	15.6%	1	211
$827.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	42.4%	36.7%	15.6%	--	56
$797.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	41.2%	36.0%	14.5%	27	164
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	39.0%	34.6%	12.6%	3	121

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 358 found (best R:R 0.54, avg 6.11)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$700.00	$710.00	Nov 20	$6.50	$3.50	$6.50	87%	0.54	$706.50
$860.00	$865.00	Nov 6	$0.48	$4.52	$0.48	36%	9.42	$860.48
$900.00	$910.00	Nov 6	$0.95	$9.05	$0.95	23%	9.53	$900.95
$810.00	$840.00	Nov 13	$13.35	$16.65	$13.35	54%	1.25	$823.35
$810.00	$815.00	Nov 6	$1.52	$3.48	$1.52	54%	2.29	$811.52

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
$850.00	$840.00	Nov 20	$4.15	$5.85	$4.15	58%	1.41	$845.85
$845.00	$840.00	Oct 23	$2.00	$3.00	$2.00	68%	1.50	$843.00
$865.00	$850.00	Oct 30	$8.68	$6.32	$8.68	68%	0.73	$856.32
$860.00	$855.00	Oct 16	$3.13	$1.87	$3.13	84%	0.60	$856.87

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 286 found (best R:R 1.50, avg 0.49)

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
$820.00	$825.00	Nov 6	$4.10	$4.10	$0.90	49%	4.56	$824.10
$865.00	$870.00	Nov 6	$2.92	$2.92	$2.08	66%	1.40	$867.92
$822.50	$825.00	Oct 16	$2.37	$2.37	$0.13	54%	18.23	$824.87
$945.00	$950.00	Oct 23	$1.41	$1.41	$3.59	93%	0.39	$946.41

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$735.00	$730.00	Nov 13	$3.00	$3.00	$2.00	78%	1.50	$732.00
$795.00	$785.00	Nov 13	$5.77	$5.77	$4.23	60%	1.36	$789.23
$695.00	$685.00	Nov 6	$2.50	$2.50	$7.50	90%	0.33	$692.50
$685.00	$680.00	Oct 30	$2.09	$2.09	$2.91	91%	0.72	$682.91
$705.00	$700.00	Oct 23	$1.82	$1.82	$3.18	94%	0.57	$703.18

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 15 found (avg debit $9.56, cheapest $8.75)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$825.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.75	41.7%	35.2%
$810.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.52	41.3%	34.9%
$815.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.55	39.9%	33.8%
$827.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.22	42.4%	36.7%
$817.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$10.00	41.4%	37.0%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$825.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$10.52	41.7%	35.2%
$810.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.18	41.3%	34.9%
$815.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.20	39.9%	33.8%
$817.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.53	41.4%	37.0%
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.63	39.0%	34.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 145 found (cheapest 1.84% of stock, avg 7.67%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$820.00	Oct 9	$6.10	$8.88	$14.98	$805.02	$834.98	1.84%
$815.00	Oct 9	$8.88	$6.63	$15.51	$799.49	$830.51	1.90%
$817.50	Oct 9	$7.70	$7.95	$15.65	$801.85	$833.15	1.92%
$812.50	Oct 9	$10.55	$5.35	$15.90	$796.60	$828.40	1.95%
$810.00	Oct 9	$11.63	$4.80	$16.43	$793.57	$826.43	2.02%
$825.00	Oct 9	$4.65	$11.93	$16.58	$808.42	$841.58	2.03%
$822.50	Oct 9	$5.48	$11.33	$16.81	$805.69	$839.31	2.06%
$807.50	Oct 9	$13.33	$4.13	$17.46	$790.04	$824.96	2.14%
$805.00	Oct 9	$14.93	$3.27	$18.20	$786.80	$823.20	2.23%
$827.50	Oct 9	$3.96	$14.33	$18.29	$809.21	$845.79	2.24%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.89% of stock, avg 6.23%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$827.50	$805.00	Oct 9	$3.96	$3.27	$7.23	$797.77	$834.73
$827.50	$807.50	Oct 9	$3.96	$4.13	$8.09	$799.41	$835.59
$825.00	$805.00	Oct 9	$4.65	$3.27	$7.92	$797.08	$832.92
$825.00	$807.50	Oct 9	$4.65	$4.13	$8.78	$798.72	$833.78
$827.50	$810.00	Oct 9	$3.96	$4.80	$8.76	$801.24	$836.26
$825.00	$810.00	Oct 9	$4.65	$4.80	$9.45	$800.55	$834.45
$822.50	$805.00	Oct 9	$5.48	$3.27	$8.75	$796.25	$831.25
$827.50	$812.50	Oct 9	$3.96	$5.35	$9.31	$803.19	$836.81
$822.50	$807.50	Oct 9	$5.48	$4.13	$9.61	$797.89	$832.11
$825.00	$812.50	Oct 9	$4.65	$5.35	$10.00	$802.50	$835.00

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 240 found (best R:R 10.90, avg credit $2.29)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
730/735	870/875	Nov 13	$4.58	$0.42	44%	10.90	$730.42	$874.58
730/735	885/890	Nov 13	$4.25	$0.75	48%	5.67	$730.75	$889.25
730/735	880/885	Nov 13	$4.28	$0.72	47%	5.94	$730.72	$884.28
680/685	865/870	Oct 30	$3.64	$1.36	59%	2.68	$681.36	$868.64
730/735	875/880	Nov 13	$4.27	$0.73	46%	5.85	$730.73	$879.27
730/735	865/870	Nov 6	$4.22	$0.78	46%	5.41	$730.78	$869.22
720/725	865/870	Nov 6	$3.97	$1.03	49%	3.85	$721.03	$868.97
655/660	865/870	Nov 6	$3.44	$1.56	59%	2.21	$656.56	$868.44
700/705	850/855	Oct 23	$3.20	$1.80	63%	1.78	$701.80	$853.20
680/685	860/865	Oct 30	$3.44	$1.56	57%	2.21	$681.56	$863.44

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 226 found (best R:R 70.43, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$830.00	$835.00	$840.00	Oct 9	$0.07	$4.93	15%	70.43
$780.00	$790.00	$800.00	Nov 20	$0.12	$9.88	7%	82.33
$770.00	$780.00	$790.00	Nov 20	$0.17	$9.83	7%	57.82
$710.00	$720.00	$730.00	Nov 20	$0.10	$9.90	5%	99.00
$830.00	$835.00	$840.00	Oct 16	$0.10	$4.90	9%	49.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$780.00	$790.00	$800.00	Nov 6	$0.11	$9.89	8%	89.91
$760.00	$770.00	$780.00	Nov 20	$0.10	$9.90	6%	99.00
$800.00	$805.00	$810.00	Oct 16	$0.08	$4.92	9%	61.50
$730.00	$740.00	$750.00	Nov 20	$0.16	$9.84	6%	61.50
$820.00	$830.00	$840.00	Nov 13	$0.30	$9.70	6%	32.33

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 $-26.90, 169 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$740.00	$795.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$18.90	$36.10
$830.00	$835.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.80	$4.20
$845.00	$850.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.16	$4.84
$930.00	$940.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.10	$9.90
$855.00	$860.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.13	$4.87

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$935.00	$875.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$26.90	$33.10
$695.00	$685.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.22	$9.78
$795.00	$790.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.17	$4.83
$660.00	$655.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.05	$4.95
$780.00	$775.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.06	$4.94

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 144 found (best yield 4.42%, avg 1.53%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$840.00	Nov 20	$36.00	0.45	3.0%	4.42%	7.47%	7	251
$820.00	Nov 20	$44.50	0.51	0.6%	5.46%	6.06%	22	160
$830.00	Nov 20	$39.70	0.48	1.8%	4.87%	6.69%	1	217
$850.00	Nov 20	$31.95	0.42	4.3%	3.92%	8.20%	7	446
$860.00	Nov 20	$28.15	0.38	5.5%	3.45%	8.96%	4	116
$870.00	Nov 20	$25.30	0.35	6.7%	3.10%	9.84%	1	303
$880.00	Nov 20	$22.60	0.33	8.0%	2.77%	10.73%	11	679
$850.00	Nov 13	$29.15	0.41	4.3%	3.58%	7.85%	30	52
$840.00	Nov 13	$32.25	0.44	3.0%	3.96%	7.01%	10	12
$855.00	Nov 13	$27.20	0.39	4.9%	3.34%	8.23%	40	34

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 2,574

Total Puts 1,879

Put/Call Ratio 0.73

Net Difference 695

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 10,481

Total Puts 14,267

Put/Call Ratio 1.36

Net Difference -3,786

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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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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