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CATERPILLAR INC

$687.00 -2.42%

$686.20 (-0.12%)🌙

as of 10/23 06:01 PM

(10/22 18:05) ◀

Friday, October 23, 2026 (6:01pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/23) 26,534

Calls: 13,103 (49%)

Puts: 13,431 (51%)

Prior (10/22) 19,597

Calls: 9,749 (50%)

Puts: 9,848 (50%)

Current vs Prior +35.40%

Calls: +34.40% (Calls)

Puts: +36.38% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 147,540

Calls: 70,288 (48%)

Puts: 77,252 (52%)

Prior 7-Day Average 21,077

Calls: 10,041 (48%)

Puts: 11,036 (52%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +25.89%

Calls: +30.49%

Puts: +21.70%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/23) $72.48M

Calls: $35.01M (48%)

Puts: $37.47M (52%)

Prior (10/22) $53.26M

Calls: $27.48M (52%)

Puts: $25.78M (48%)

Current vs Prior +36.09%

Calls: +27.39%

Puts: +45.36%

Prior 7-Day Total $399.60M

Calls: $173.50M (43%)

Puts: $226.10M (57%)

Prior 7-Day Average $57.09M

Calls: $24.79M (43%)

Puts: $32.30M (57%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +26.97%

Calls: +41.24%

Puts: +16.01%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/23) 1.02

Prior (10/22) 1.01

Current vs Prior +1.47%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.09

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -5.63%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/23) 243,525

Calls: 119,240 (49%)

Puts: 124,285 (51%)

Prior (10/22) 240,069

Calls: 116,465 (49%)

Puts: 123,604 (51%)

Current vs Prior +1.44%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,566,945

Calls: 755,145 (48%)

Puts: 811,800 (52%)

Prior 7-Day Average 223,849

Calls: 107,877 (48%)

Puts: 115,971 (52%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +8.79%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (10/23) | Next (10/30)Expiry (11/20) | Next (12/18)

Current 0.65% | 7.38%11.15% | 14.11%

Prior 2.52% | 7.83%11.05% | 14.34%

Current vs Prior +192.39% | +16.25%+0.98% | -1.56%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.62% | 7.39%7.30% | 13.18%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +104.00% | +23.18%+52.77% | +7.05%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.52% | 7.83%11.05% | 14.34%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +192.39% | +16.25%+0.98% | -1.56%

Sentiment BEARISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 60.91% | 13.82%

Calls: 80.45% | 14.19%

Puts: 41.36% | 13.45%

Prior 60.91% | 13.82%

Calls: 80.45% | 14.19%

Puts: 41.36% | 13.45%

Current vs Prior +0.00% | +0.00%

Prior 7-Day Avg 60.91% | 13.82%

Calls: 80.45% | 14.19%

Puts: 41.36% | 13.45%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -0.00% | -0.00%

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Overall BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

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Prior NEUTRAL

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

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Prior BULLISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 67 of results (avg 8.3%, best 4.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$690.00	Nov 20	35.00	36.75	$35.88	4.9%	52	0.51	51
$650.00	Nov 20	56.05	59.40	$57.72	5.8%	--	0.68	42
$690.00	Nov 6	27.25	29.20	$28.23	6.9%	17	0.50	5
$600.00	Nov 20	93.20	100.10	$96.65	7.1%	5	0.85	53
$700.00	Nov 6	23.00	24.75	$23.88	7.3%	17	0.45	10

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$800.00	Nov 20	116.10	121.40	$118.75	4.5%	15	0.86	733
$685.00	Nov 20	34.50	36.20	$35.35	4.8%	79	0.47	38
$700.00	Nov 20	42.50	45.00	$43.75	5.7%	37	0.53	1.1K
$765.00	Oct 30	81.25	86.15	$83.70	5.9%	7	0.88	107
$790.00	Nov 6	103.95	110.50	$107.23	6.1%	3	0.89	98

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. 250 found (avg delta 0.75, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$550.00	Oct 30	131.05	144.45	$137.75	9.7%	14	1.00	--
$625.00	Oct 23	58.60	68.15	$63.38	15.1%	--	1.00	41
$670.00	Oct 23	12.40	20.35	$16.38	48.5%	12	0.98	2
$650.00	Oct 23	33.80	41.35	$37.58	20.1%	6	0.97	13
$680.00	Oct 23	2.73	8.75	$5.74	104.9%	21	0.94	3

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$695.00	Oct 23	5.40	12.35	$8.88	78.3%	258	1.00	163
$700.00	Oct 23	12.65	15.50	$14.08	20.2%	408	1.00	686
$702.50	Oct 23	13.80	19.65	$16.73	35.0%	6	1.00	169
$705.00	Oct 23	14.65	21.00	$17.83	35.6%	23	1.00	127
$712.50	Oct 23	22.25	29.60	$25.93	28.3%	7	1.00	26

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 514 active (total vol 17.7K, top 925)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$662.50	Oct 30	34.75	43.40	$39.08	22.1%	518	0.66	--
$660.00	Oct 30	36.80	44.95	$40.88	19.9%	504	0.68	1
$715.00	Oct 30	9.60	14.75	$12.18	42.3%	497	0.33	29
$680.00	Nov 20	37.95	41.50	$39.73	8.9%	464	0.55	179
$720.00	Oct 30	8.65	15.70	$12.18	57.9%	299	0.31	40

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$680.00	Oct 23	0.04	0.20	$0.12	133.3%	925	0.06	712
$640.00	Oct 30	6.75	9.55	$8.15	34.4%	574	0.21	217
$700.00	Oct 23	12.65	15.50	$14.08	20.2%	408	1.00	686
$737.50	Oct 30	54.65	62.15	$58.40	12.8%	359	0.77	15
$685.00	Oct 23	0.20	0.97	$0.59	130.5%	323	0.31	221

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 19 strikes (avg 565.3%, max 1881.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$735.00	Oct 23	Dec 4	861.0%	43.4%	1881.9%	20	144
$710.00	Oct 23	Nov 27	482.4%	44.4%	986.9%	169	162
$662.50	Oct 23	Oct 30	595.8%	67.9%	778.0%	518	21
$707.50	Oct 23	Oct 30	450.5%	64.6%	597.5%	37	61
$690.00	Oct 23	Dec 4	71.9%	42.6%	68.6%	253	137

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$735.00	Oct 23	Nov 13	861.0%	50.9%	1591.7%	185	390
$665.00	Oct 23	Nov 27	538.5%	45.5%	1084.2%	201	110
$710.00	Oct 23	Dec 4	482.4%	43.5%	1007.9%	138	215
$662.50	Oct 23	Oct 30	595.8%	67.9%	778.0%	16	11
$667.50	Oct 23	Nov 6	413.6%	54.5%	659.2%	80	40

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 325 found (best R:R 0.99, avg 4.95)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$645.00	$660.00	Nov 13	$7.52	$7.48	$7.52	71%	0.99	$652.52
$680.00	$682.50	Oct 23	$0.44	$2.06	$0.44	94%	4.68	$680.44
$640.00	$665.00	Nov 27	$15.25	$9.75	$15.25	72%	0.64	$655.25
$630.00	$640.00	Nov 20	$6.18	$3.82	$6.18	76%	0.62	$636.18
$640.00	$652.50	Nov 6	$7.85	$4.65	$7.85	75%	0.59	$647.85

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$770.00	$765.00	Oct 30	$2.50	$2.50	$2.50	89%	1.00	$767.50
$742.50	$740.00	Oct 23	$0.40	$2.10	$0.40	86%	5.25	$742.10
$810.00	$805.00	Oct 30	$3.02	$1.98	$3.02	97%	0.66	$806.98
$680.00	$675.00	Nov 6	$0.38	$4.62	$0.38	45%	12.16	$679.62
$735.00	$732.50	Nov 6	$0.10	$2.40	$0.10	71%	24.00	$734.90

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 259 found (best R:R 1.94, avg 0.74)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$810.00	$815.00	Nov 27	$3.30	$3.30	$1.70	86%	1.94	$813.30
$722.50	$725.00	Oct 23	$2.34	$2.34	$0.16	85%	14.63	$724.84
$737.50	$740.00	Oct 23	$1.85	$1.85	$0.65	86%	2.85	$739.35
$727.50	$730.00	Oct 30	$2.17	$2.17	$0.33	73%	6.58	$729.67
$745.00	$750.00	Nov 27	$2.90	$2.90	$2.10	70%	1.38	$747.90

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$605.00	$590.00	Nov 27	$4.23	$4.23	$10.77	83%	0.39	$600.77
$652.50	$650.00	Oct 23	$2.16	$2.16	$0.34	86%	6.35	$650.34
$660.00	$650.00	Nov 20	$5.15	$5.15	$4.85	64%	1.06	$654.85
$672.50	$670.00	Oct 23	$2.07	$2.07	$0.43	79%	4.81	$670.43
$670.00	$650.00	Dec 4	$8.77	$8.77	$11.23	60%	0.78	$661.23

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 6 found (avg debit $18.82, cheapest $14.55)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$665.00	Oct 30	Nov 27	$14.55	67.8%	45.5%
$660.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$5.15	67.7%	56.7%
$687.50	Oct 23	Oct 30	$23.60	73.3%	67.9%
$685.00	Oct 23	Oct 30	$22.27	57.9%	64.5%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$687.50	Oct 23	Oct 30	$23.98	73.3%	67.9%
$685.00	Oct 23	Oct 30	$23.36	57.9%	64.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 157 found (cheapest 0.44% of stock, avg 8.86%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$685.00	Oct 23	$2.40	$0.59	$2.99	$682.01	$687.99	0.44%
$687.50	Oct 23	$1.08	$2.05	$3.13	$684.37	$690.63	0.46%
$690.00	Oct 23	$0.36	$4.12	$4.48	$685.52	$694.48	0.65%
$682.50	Oct 23	$5.30	$0.21	$5.51	$676.99	$688.01	0.80%
$680.00	Oct 23	$5.74	$0.12	$5.86	$674.14	$685.86	0.85%
$692.50	Oct 23	$0.39	$6.11	$6.50	$686.00	$699.00	0.95%
$695.00	Oct 23	$0.05	$8.88	$8.93	$686.07	$703.93	1.30%
$697.50	Oct 23	$0.10	$11.68	$11.78	$685.72	$709.28	1.71%
$675.00	Oct 23	$11.88	$0.66	$12.54	$662.46	$687.54	1.83%
$700.00	Oct 23	$0.05	$14.08	$14.13	$685.87	$714.13	2.06%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.14% of stock, avg 6.90%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$690.00	$685.00	Oct 23	$0.36	$0.59	$0.95	$684.05	$690.95
$687.50	$685.00	Oct 23	$1.08	$0.59	$1.67	$683.33	$689.17
$690.00	$667.50	Oct 23	$0.36	$2.13	$2.49	$665.01	$692.49
$690.00	$672.50	Oct 23	$0.36	$2.13	$2.49	$670.01	$692.49
$707.50	$685.00	Oct 23	$2.45	$0.59	$3.04	$681.96	$710.54
$710.00	$685.00	Oct 23	$2.45	$0.59	$3.04	$681.96	$713.04
$690.00	$665.00	Oct 23	$0.36	$3.40	$3.76	$661.24	$693.76
$687.50	$672.50	Oct 23	$1.08	$2.13	$3.21	$669.29	$690.71
$687.50	$667.50	Oct 23	$1.08	$2.13	$3.21	$664.29	$690.71
$690.00	$662.50	Oct 23	$0.36	$3.70	$4.06	$658.44	$694.06

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 180 found (best R:R 4.15, avg credit $3.15)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
590/595	742/745	Oct 23	$4.03	$0.97	77%	4.15	$590.97	$746.53
555/560	742/745	Oct 23	$3.73	$1.27	79%	2.94	$556.27	$746.23
660/662	770/775	Oct 23	$3.65	$1.35	78%	2.70	$658.85	$773.65
660/662	755/760	Oct 23	$3.65	$1.35	78%	2.70	$658.85	$758.65
645/650	742/745	Oct 23	$3.36	$1.64	82%	2.05	$646.64	$745.86
590/595	722/725	Oct 23	$3.27	$1.73	76%	1.89	$591.73	$725.77
590/595	710/712	Oct 23	$3.37	$1.63	73%	2.07	$591.63	$713.37
555/560	722/725	Oct 23	$2.97	$2.03	78%	1.46	$557.03	$725.47
635/640	745/750	Nov 27	$4.77	$0.23	41%	20.74	$635.23	$749.77
555/560	710/712	Oct 23	$3.07	$1.93	75%	1.59	$556.93	$713.07

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 214 found (best R:R 57.82, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$650.00	$660.00	$670.00	Nov 20	$0.17	$9.83	9%	57.82
$685.00	$687.50	$690.00	Oct 23	$0.60	$1.90	52%	3.17
$720.00	$725.00	$730.00	Nov 13	$0.06	$4.94	4%	82.33
$685.00	$690.00	$695.00	Dec 4	$0.06	$4.94	4%	82.33
$697.50	$700.00	$702.50	Oct 23	$0.05	$2.45	2%	49.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$685.00	$687.50	$690.00	Oct 23	$0.61	$1.89	54%	3.10
$610.00	$620.00	$630.00	Nov 20	$0.15	$9.85	7%	65.67
$570.00	$580.00	$590.00	Nov 20	$0.12	$9.88	4%	82.33
$680.00	$682.50	$685.00	Oct 23	$0.29	$2.21	24%	7.62
$735.00	$737.50	$740.00	Oct 23	$0.07	$2.43	7%	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. 149 found (best net $-11.78, 120 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$625.00	$650.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$11.78	$13.22
$550.00	$600.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$38.95	$11.05
$695.00	$735.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$5.06	$34.94
$650.00	$662.50	1:2	Oct 23	-$11.08	$1.42
$697.50	$700.00	1:2	Oct 23	$0.00	$2.50

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$800.00	$750.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$38.70	$11.30
$590.00	$570.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.41	$19.59
$682.50	$680.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.03	$2.47
$605.00	$590.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$1.77	$13.23
$585.00	$580.00	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. 160 found (best yield 5.34%, avg 1.62%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$690.00	Dec 4	$36.70	0.52	0.4%	5.34%	5.78%	5	--
$695.00	Dec 4	$34.20	0.50	1.2%	4.98%	6.14%	4	--
$690.00	Nov 27	$35.35	0.52	0.4%	5.15%	5.58%	5	--
$690.00	Nov 20	$35.00	0.51	0.4%	5.09%	5.53%	52	51
$695.00	Nov 27	$31.70	0.50	1.2%	4.61%	5.78%	1	8
$735.00	Dec 4	$18.60	0.35	7.0%	2.71%	9.69%	2	--
$700.00	Nov 20	$29.20	0.47	1.9%	4.25%	6.14%	34	133
$700.00	Nov 27	$28.95	0.48	1.9%	4.21%	6.11%	1	9
$710.00	Nov 20	$25.40	0.42	3.4%	3.70%	7.05%	86	52
$705.00	Nov 27	$26.70	0.46	2.6%	3.89%	6.51%	3	2

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 13,103

Total Puts 13,431

Put/Call Ratio 1.02

Net Difference -328

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 9,749

Total Puts 9,848

Put/Call Ratio 1.01

Net Difference -99

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 70,288

Total Puts 77,252

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.09

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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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

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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