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CAT

CATERPILLAR INC

$813.17 -0.08%

(10/8 10:25) ◀

Thursday, October 8, 2026 (10:30am)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/08 10:30am) 4,644

Calls: 2,650 (57%)

Puts: 1,994 (43%)

Prior (08/04) 27,802

Calls: 11,671 (42%)

Puts: 16,131 (58%)

Current vs Prior -83.30%

Calls: -77.29% (Calls)

Puts: -87.64% (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 -76.05%

Calls: -73.20%

Puts: -79.01%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/08 10:30am) $5.80M

Calls: $3.31M (57%)

Puts: $2.49M (43%)

Prior (08/04) $47.89M

Calls: $21.60M (45%)

Puts: $26.29M (55%)

Current vs Prior -87.89%

Calls: -84.69%

Puts: -90.52%

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 -85.72%

Calls: -88.23%

Puts: -80.07%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/08 10:30am) 0.75

Prior (08/04) 1.38

Current vs Prior -45.56%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.03

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -26.94%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/08 10:30am) 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 2.07% | 4.49%4.49% | 12.25%

Prior 2.47% | 4.63%4.63% | 12.05%

Current vs Prior -15.97% | -3.00%-3.00% | +1.64%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -18.93% | -6.15%-19.34% | -3.00%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -15.97% | -3.00%-3.00% | +1.64%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 66.44% | 24.01%

Calls: 90.98% | 17.23%

Puts: 41.89% | 30.78%

Prior 29.18% | 23.64%

Calls: 26.03% | 20.77%

Puts: 32.32% | 26.51%

Current vs Prior +127.69% | +1.57%

Prior 7-Day Avg 34.78% | 17.72%

Calls: 34.19% | 17.41%

Puts: 35.38% | 18.02%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +91.01% | +35.53%

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Light premium activity with dollar volume down 88% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 83% 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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Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BEARISH

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
10:30	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 44 of results (avg 8.0%, best 3.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$820.00	Nov 20	43.85	45.90	$44.88	4.6%	22	0.51	160
$840.00	Nov 20	35.25	37.20	$36.23	5.4%	7	0.44	251
$660.00	Nov 20	157.20	166.05	$161.63	5.5%	--	0.93	23
$670.00	Nov 20	148.05	158.55	$153.30	6.8%	--	0.92	49
$670.00	Oct 16	141.70	152.45	$147.07	7.3%	--	1.00	12

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$820.00	Nov 20	48.25	50.10	$49.18	3.8%	3	0.49	189
$830.00	Nov 20	53.20	55.60	$54.40	4.4%	--	0.52	280
$800.00	Nov 20	37.85	40.00	$38.92	5.5%	14	0.42	684
$920.00	Nov 20	113.75	120.45	$117.10	5.7%	--	0.78	137
$850.00	Nov 20	63.85	67.95	$65.90	6.2%	1	0.59	153

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. 183 found (avg delta 0.75, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$670.00	Oct 16	141.70	152.45	$147.07	7.3%	--	1.00	12
$750.00	Oct 9	61.95	71.95	$66.95	14.9%	--	0.99	11
$700.00	Oct 16	110.25	122.55	$116.40	10.6%	--	0.99	14
$710.00	Oct 16	101.35	112.60	$106.98	10.5%	--	0.99	14
$720.00	Oct 9	90.00	100.00	$95.00	10.5%	--	0.99	11

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$840.00	Oct 9	25.10	28.50	$26.80	12.7%	--	1.00	76
$845.00	Oct 9	28.00	34.60	$31.30	21.1%	1	1.00	50
$850.00	Oct 9	28.90	38.35	$33.63	28.1%	1	1.00	82
$855.00	Oct 9	33.70	43.65	$38.67	25.7%	--	1.00	19
$860.00	Oct 9	38.65	48.50	$43.58	22.6%	1	1.00	38

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 273 active (total vol 4.1K, 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	7.80	10.70	$9.25	31.4%	292	0.34	57
$835.00	Oct 9	0.89	2.49	$1.69	94.7%	167	0.16	75
$827.50	Oct 9	2.00	5.35	$3.68	91.0%	157	0.28	20
$825.00	Oct 16	11.40	14.60	$13.00	24.6%	118	0.43	122

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$810.00	Oct 9	3.65	7.90	$5.78	73.5%	288	0.40	735
$780.00	Oct 16	3.60	5.60	$4.60	43.5%	272	0.19	634
$760.00	Oct 16	1.27	2.60	$1.94	68.6%	95	0.09	734
$785.00	Oct 9	0.28	0.71	$0.50	86.0%	86	0.06	222
$800.00	Oct 9	2.00	2.90	$2.45	36.7%	86	0.22	594

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 14.9%, max 26.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	43.1%	34.1%	26.3%	28	77
$827.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	44.4%	36.0%	23.3%	157	32
$822.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	42.8%	36.4%	17.7%	8	86
$817.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	42.6%	37.0%	15.2%	4	97
$810.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	42.6%	40.2%	6.0%	28	350

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	43.1%	34.1%	26.3%	3	121
$827.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	44.4%	35.9%	23.7%	--	56
$822.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	42.8%	36.4%	17.7%	1	211
$817.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	42.6%	37.0%	15.2%	3	115
$797.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	41.3%	36.0%	14.7%	27	164

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 343 found (best R:R 3.17, avg 6.25)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$700.00	$710.00	Nov 20	$6.13	$3.87	$6.13	87%	0.63	$706.13
$760.00	$770.00	Oct 16	$6.63	$3.37	$6.63	91%	0.51	$766.63
$765.00	$770.00	Oct 23	$2.05	$2.95	$2.05	82%	1.44	$767.05
$775.00	$780.00	Oct 16	$2.30	$2.70	$2.30	84%	1.17	$777.30
$810.00	$840.00	Nov 13	$12.73	$17.27	$12.73	54%	1.36	$822.73

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$855.00	$850.00	Oct 16	$1.20	$3.80	$1.20	83%	3.17	$853.80
$850.00	$845.00	Oct 9	$2.33	$2.67	$2.33	100%	1.15	$847.67
$885.00	$880.00	Oct 30	$1.80	$3.20	$1.80	75%	1.78	$883.20
$810.00	$805.00	Nov 13	$0.62	$4.38	$0.62	46%	7.06	$809.38
$870.00	$860.00	Nov 20	$4.92	$5.08	$4.92	65%	1.03	$865.08

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 277 found (best R:R 0.27, avg 0.42)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$955.00	$965.00	Oct 9	$2.12	$2.12	$7.88	94%	0.27	$957.12
$835.00	$840.00	Nov 6	$3.97	$3.97	$1.03	55%	3.85	$838.97
$865.00	$870.00	Nov 6	$3.28	$3.28	$1.72	66%	1.91	$868.28
$960.00	$965.00	Nov 13	$1.82	$1.82	$3.18	87%	0.57	$961.82
$890.00	$895.00	Nov 6	$2.48	$2.48	$2.52	73%	0.98	$892.48

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$695.00	$685.00	Nov 6	$2.47	$2.47	$7.53	90%	0.33	$692.53
$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	93%	0.57	$703.18
$805.00	$800.00	Nov 13	$3.73	$3.73	$1.27	56%	2.94	$801.27
$660.00	$655.00	Oct 30	$1.48	$1.48	$3.52	94%	0.42	$658.52

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 13 found (avg debit $9.80, cheapest $8.10)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.47	43.1%	34.1%
$825.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.87	42.7%	34.9%
$817.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.98	42.6%	36.2%
$810.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.82	42.6%	36.3%
$822.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$10.01	42.8%	36.9%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$812.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$8.10	43.1%	34.1%
$817.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$10.65	42.6%	36.2%
$810.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.17	42.6%	36.3%
$822.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$9.49	42.8%	36.9%
$820.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$10.30	37.7%	35.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 144 found (cheapest 1.70% of stock, avg 7.61%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$815.00	Oct 9	$6.68	$7.18	$13.86	$801.14	$828.86	1.70%
$820.00	Oct 9	$4.43	$9.78	$14.21	$805.79	$834.21	1.75%
$817.50	Oct 9	$6.95	$8.25	$15.20	$802.30	$832.70	1.87%
$810.00	Oct 9	$10.20	$5.78	$15.98	$794.02	$825.98	1.97%
$822.50	Oct 9	$4.97	$11.43	$16.40	$806.10	$838.90	2.02%
$812.50	Oct 9	$9.68	$6.95	$16.63	$795.87	$829.13	2.05%
$805.00	Oct 9	$13.28	$3.52	$16.80	$788.20	$821.80	2.07%
$807.50	Oct 9	$12.65	$4.27	$16.92	$790.58	$824.42	2.08%
$802.50	Oct 9	$14.83	$2.95	$17.78	$784.72	$820.28	2.19%
$825.00	Oct 9	$4.13	$14.88	$19.01	$805.99	$844.01	2.34%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.82% of stock, avg 6.17%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$827.50	$802.50	Oct 9	$3.68	$2.95	$6.63	$795.87	$834.13
$827.50	$805.00	Oct 9	$3.68	$3.52	$7.20	$797.80	$834.70
$825.00	$802.50	Oct 9	$4.13	$2.95	$7.08	$795.42	$832.08
$825.00	$805.00	Oct 9	$4.13	$3.52	$7.65	$797.35	$832.65
$827.50	$807.50	Oct 9	$3.68	$4.27	$7.95	$799.55	$835.45
$825.00	$807.50	Oct 9	$4.13	$4.27	$8.40	$799.10	$833.40
$820.00	$802.50	Oct 9	$4.43	$2.95	$7.38	$795.12	$827.38
$822.50	$802.50	Oct 9	$4.97	$2.95	$7.92	$794.58	$830.42
$820.00	$805.00	Oct 9	$4.43	$3.52	$7.95	$797.05	$827.95
$822.50	$805.00	Oct 9	$4.97	$3.52	$8.49	$796.51	$830.99

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 240 found (best R:R 10.11, avg credit $2.39)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
720/725	865/870	Nov 6	$4.55	$0.45	49%	10.11	$720.45	$869.55
680/685	860/865	Oct 30	$4.09	$0.91	57%	4.49	$680.91	$864.09
730/735	865/870	Nov 6	$4.58	$0.42	46%	10.90	$730.42	$869.58
655/660	865/870	Nov 6	$3.80	$1.20	59%	3.17	$656.20	$868.80
700/705	845/850	Oct 23	$3.44	$1.56	61%	2.21	$701.56	$848.44
675/680	865/870	Nov 6	$3.61	$1.39	58%	2.60	$676.39	$868.61
655/660	860/865	Oct 30	$3.48	$1.52	60%	2.29	$656.52	$863.48
665/670	865/870	Nov 6	$3.50	$1.50	59%	2.33	$666.50	$868.50
685/695	865/870	Nov 6	$5.75	$4.25	56%	1.35	$689.25	$870.75
725/730	865/870	Nov 6	$3.91	$1.09	48%	3.59	$726.09	$868.91

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 225 found (best R:R 124.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$760.00	$770.00	$780.00	Nov 20	$0.17	$9.83	6%	57.82
$780.00	$790.00	$800.00	Nov 20	$0.20	$9.80	7%	49.00
$925.00	$930.00	$935.00	Oct 9	$0.09	$4.91	6%	54.56
$730.00	$740.00	$750.00	Nov 20	$0.22	$9.78	6%	44.45
$860.00	$865.00	$870.00	Oct 16	$0.06	$4.94	5%	82.33

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$720.00	$730.00	$740.00	Nov 20	$0.08	$9.92	5%	124.00
$780.00	$785.00	$790.00	Oct 16	$0.06	$4.94	7%	82.33
$835.00	$840.00	$845.00	Oct 9	$0.15	$4.85	11%	32.33
$755.00	$760.00	$765.00	Oct 16	$0.06	$4.94	4%	82.33
$800.00	$802.50	$805.00	Oct 9	$0.07	$2.43	8%	34.71

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 188 found (best net $-26.35, 172 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$740.00	$795.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$18.90	$36.10
$827.50	$830.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.42	$2.08
$845.00	$850.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.17	$4.83
$930.00	$940.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.10	$9.90
$870.00	$875.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.04	$4.96

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$935.00	$875.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$26.35	$33.65
$695.00	$685.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.29	$9.71
$795.00	$790.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.30	$4.70
$790.00	$785.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.16	$4.84
$660.00	$655.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.05	$4.95

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 147 found (best yield 5.39%, avg 1.54%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$820.00	Nov 20	$43.85	0.51	0.8%	5.39%	6.23%	22	160
$830.00	Nov 20	$39.15	0.48	2.1%	4.81%	6.88%	2	217
$840.00	Nov 20	$35.25	0.44	3.3%	4.33%	7.63%	7	251
$850.00	Nov 20	$31.30	0.41	4.5%	3.85%	8.38%	9	446
$860.00	Nov 20	$27.20	0.38	5.8%	3.34%	9.10%	5	116
$870.00	Nov 20	$24.60	0.35	7.0%	3.03%	10.01%	2	303
$880.00	Nov 20	$21.80	0.32	8.2%	2.68%	10.90%	11	679
$855.00	Nov 13	$26.65	0.39	5.1%	3.28%	8.42%	40	34
$840.00	Nov 13	$31.00	0.44	3.3%	3.81%	7.11%	10	12
$850.00	Nov 13	$27.45	0.41	4.5%	3.38%	7.90%	30	52

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 2,650

Total Puts 1,994

Put/Call Ratio 0.75

Net Difference 656

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 11,671

Total Puts 16,131

Put/Call Ratio 1.38

Net Difference -4,460

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 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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