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CATERPILLAR INC

$621.21 -4.04%

(10/29 18:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/30) 35,668

Calls: 16,136 (45%)

Puts: 19,532 (55%)

Prior (10/29) 72,922

Calls: 28,781 (39%)

Puts: 44,141 (61%)

Current vs Prior -51.09%

Calls: -43.94% (Calls)

Puts: -55.75% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 189,851

Calls: 96,588 (51%)

Puts: 93,263 (49%)

Prior 7-Day Average 27,121

Calls: 13,798 (51%)

Puts: 13,323 (49%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +31.51%

Calls: +16.94%

Puts: +46.60%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/30) $96.94M

Calls: $28.65M (30%)

Puts: $68.29M (70%)

Prior (10/29) $436.14M

Calls: $40.34M (9%)

Puts: $395.80M (91%)

Current vs Prior -77.77%

Calls: -28.99%

Puts: -82.75%

Prior 7-Day Total $714.71M

Calls: $187.94M (26%)

Puts: $526.77M (74%)

Prior 7-Day Average $102.10M

Calls: $26.85M (26%)

Puts: $75.25M (74%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -5.05%

Calls: +6.71%

Puts: -9.25%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/30) 1.21

Prior (10/29) 1.53

Current vs Prior -21.08%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.88

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +38.34%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/30) 263,054

Calls: 140,260 (53%)

Puts: 122,794 (47%)

Prior (10/29) 255,564

Calls: 132,535 (52%)

Puts: 123,029 (48%)

Current vs Prior +2.93%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,688,880

Calls: 837,032 (50%)

Puts: 851,848 (50%)

Prior 7-Day Average 241,268

Calls: 119,576 (50%)

Puts: 121,692 (50%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +9.03%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (10/30) | Next (11/06)Expiry (11/20) | Next (12/18)

Current 0.94% | 5.55%9.16% | 12.48%

Prior 2.71% | 5.30%8.55% | 11.90%

Current vs Prior -65.18% | +4.67%+7.09% | +4.86%

Prior 7-Day Avg 5.26% | 7.81%10.21% | 13.40%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -82.05% | -28.98%-10.34% | -6.88%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.71% | 5.30%8.55% | 11.90%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -65.18% | +4.67%+7.09% | +4.86%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 30.73% | 17.07%

Calls: 26.79% | 9.36%

Puts: 34.68% | 24.78%

Prior 37.62% | 23.61%

Calls: 34.46% | 24.87%

Puts: 40.78% | 22.35%

Current vs Prior -18.31% | -27.70%

Prior 7-Day Avg 52.90% | 17.11%

Calls: 66.12% | 17.55%

Puts: 39.66% | 16.67%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -41.91% | -0.26%

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Moderately bearish flow with 70% put dollar volume ($68.29M). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 78% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 51% vs prior. Bearish P/C ratio of 1.21 indicates protective positioning.

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Prior NEUTRAL

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 77 of results (avg 8.1%, best 3.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$620.00	Nov 20	26.70	28.10	$27.40	5.1%	38	0.52	75
$660.00	Nov 20	11.00	11.65	$11.33	5.7%	69	0.29	99
$550.00	Nov 13	70.40	75.50	$72.95	7.0%	--	0.91	22
$500.00	Nov 20	117.20	125.75	$121.48	7.0%	--	1.00	32
$510.00	Nov 20	108.10	116.10	$112.10	7.1%	--	0.94	19

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$740.00	Nov 20	117.85	121.70	$119.78	3.2%	37	0.95	528
$720.00	Nov 20	98.80	103.95	$101.38	5.1%	13	0.92	543
$730.00	Nov 6	107.60	113.45	$110.53	5.3%	9	0.99	43
$740.00	Nov 13	117.10	123.50	$120.30	5.3%	1	0.97	40
$735.00	Nov 13	111.25	118.55	$114.90	6.4%	1	0.95	41

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. 231 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$530.00	Oct 30	85.40	93.20	$89.30	8.7%	1	1.00	--
$590.00	Oct 30	26.60	32.55	$29.58	20.1%	2	1.00	--
$595.00	Oct 30	22.00	27.85	$24.93	23.5%	--	1.00	73
$600.00	Oct 30	17.10	23.45	$20.27	31.3%	23	1.00	34
$605.00	Oct 30	12.10	17.25	$14.68	35.1%	--	1.00	10

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$660.00	Oct 30	38.20	43.65	$40.92	13.3%	48	1.00	431
$670.00	Oct 30	48.15	54.20	$51.18	11.8%	65	1.00	160
$695.00	Oct 30	69.75	79.05	$74.40	12.5%	19	1.00	25
$700.00	Oct 30	77.55	84.20	$80.88	8.2%	22	1.00	70
$710.00	Oct 30	84.75	94.20	$89.48	10.6%	9	1.00	29

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 507 active (total vol 18.4K, top 511)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$635.00	Oct 30	0.00	0.67	$0.34	197.1%	511	0.08	16
$720.00	Nov 20	1.81	2.36	$2.09	26.3%	354	0.08	138
$630.00	Oct 30	0.05	0.42	$0.24	154.2%	308	0.08	9
$640.00	Oct 30	0.00	0.74	$0.37	200.0%	283	0.07	69
$632.50	Oct 30	0.00	1.04	$0.52	200.0%	236	0.11	1

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$590.00	Nov 20	12.35	15.05	$13.70	19.7%	503	0.30	353
$570.00	Nov 6	1.86	3.00	$2.43	46.9%	478	0.11	52
$600.00	Nov 20	15.65	17.40	$16.52	10.6%	454	0.35	1.1K
$620.00	Nov 20	23.80	27.20	$25.50	13.3%	352	0.48	457
$650.00	Oct 30	27.75	33.50	$30.63	18.8%	326	0.98	557

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 7 strikes (avg 81.7%, max 108.6%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$625.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	78.0%	37.4%	108.6%	104	42
$570.00	Nov 20	Dec 11	46.6%	42.9%	8.5%	51	26

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$625.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	78.0%	37.4%	108.6%	206	155
$615.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	84.2%	40.5%	107.7%	262	327
$620.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	71.9%	38.7%	85.7%	231	432
$617.50	Oct 30	Nov 13	80.2%	44.2%	81.5%	250	230
$622.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	83.1%	48.5%	71.2%	111	85

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 292 found (best R:R 21.73, avg 5.44)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$580.00	$605.00	Nov 13	$16.65	$8.35	$16.65	79%	0.50	$596.65
$590.00	$600.00	Dec 11	$4.90	$5.10	$4.90	68%	1.04	$594.90
$630.00	$635.00	Nov 27	$0.98	$4.02	$0.98	47%	4.10	$630.98
$715.00	$745.00	Dec 11	$2.25	$27.75	$2.25	16%	12.33	$717.25
$680.00	$690.00	Nov 27	$0.60	$9.40	$0.60	20%	15.67	$680.60

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$645.00	$640.00	Nov 27	$0.22	$4.78	$0.22	62%	21.73	$644.78
$635.00	$630.00	Nov 27	$0.68	$4.32	$0.68	56%	6.35	$634.32
$672.50	$670.00	Oct 30	$0.70	$1.80	$0.70	95%	2.57	$671.80
$692.50	$690.00	Nov 6	$0.80	$1.70	$0.80	95%	2.12	$691.70
$705.00	$700.00	Nov 20	$2.85	$2.15	$2.85	89%	0.75	$702.15

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 232 found (best R:R 0.55, avg 0.64)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$727.50	$730.00	Oct 30	$2.14	$2.14	$0.36	92%	5.94	$729.64
$707.50	$710.00	Oct 30	$2.14	$2.14	$0.36	92%	5.94	$709.64
$692.50	$695.00	Oct 30	$2.14	$2.14	$0.36	90%	5.94	$694.64
$722.50	$725.00	Oct 30	$2.07	$2.07	$0.43	92%	4.81	$724.57
$697.50	$700.00	Oct 30	$1.99	$1.99	$0.51	91%	3.90	$699.49

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$540.00	$530.00	Dec 4	$3.54	$3.54	$6.46	86%	0.55	$536.46
$540.00	$530.00	Oct 30	$2.14	$2.14	$7.86	93%	0.27	$537.86
$540.00	$530.00	Nov 27	$2.10	$2.10	$7.90	89%	0.27	$537.90
$610.00	$580.00	Dec 11	$11.22	$11.22	$18.78	59%	0.60	$598.78
$600.00	$590.00	Nov 27	$4.40	$4.40	$5.60	64%	0.79	$595.60

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 6 found (avg debit $11.45, cheapest $14.13)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$622.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$14.24	83.1%	48.5%
$620.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$14.45	71.9%	47.9%
$612.50	Nov 6	Nov 13	$5.50	48.5%	43.6%
$610.00	Nov 6	Nov 13	$5.70	49.5%	44.7%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$622.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$14.13	83.1%	48.5%
$620.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$14.69	71.9%	47.9%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 134 found (cheapest 0.68% of stock, avg 7.72%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$620.00	Oct 30	$2.65	$1.58	$4.23	$615.77	$624.23	0.68%
$622.50	Oct 30	$1.51	$3.22	$4.73	$617.77	$627.23	0.76%
$617.50	Oct 30	$4.33	$0.91	$5.24	$612.26	$622.74	0.84%
$615.00	Oct 30	$5.32	$0.46	$5.78	$609.22	$620.78	0.93%
$625.00	Oct 30	$0.72	$5.40	$6.12	$618.88	$631.12	0.99%
$627.50	Oct 30	$0.29	$7.70	$7.99	$619.51	$635.49	1.29%
$630.00	Oct 30	$0.24	$10.43	$10.67	$619.33	$640.67	1.72%
$632.50	Oct 30	$0.52	$12.30	$12.82	$619.68	$645.32	2.06%
$605.00	Oct 30	$14.68	$0.06	$14.74	$590.26	$619.74	2.37%
$635.00	Oct 30	$0.34	$14.78	$15.12	$619.88	$650.12	2.43%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.07% of stock, avg 5.55%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$627.50	$612.50	Oct 30	$0.29	$0.14	$0.43	$612.07	$627.93
$632.50	$612.50	Oct 30	$0.52	$0.14	$0.66	$611.84	$633.16
$637.50	$612.50	Oct 30	$0.59	$0.14	$0.73	$611.77	$638.23
$627.50	$615.00	Oct 30	$0.29	$0.46	$0.75	$614.25	$628.25
$625.00	$612.50	Oct 30	$0.72	$0.14	$0.86	$611.64	$625.86
$632.50	$615.00	Oct 30	$0.52	$0.46	$0.98	$614.02	$633.48
$637.50	$615.00	Oct 30	$0.59	$0.46	$1.05	$613.95	$638.55
$625.00	$615.00	Oct 30	$0.72	$0.46	$1.18	$613.82	$626.18
$627.50	$617.50	Oct 30	$0.29	$0.91	$1.20	$616.30	$628.70
$632.50	$617.50	Oct 30	$0.52	$0.91	$1.43	$616.07	$633.93

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 220 found (best R:R 0.37, avg credit $2.50)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
530/540	682/685	Oct 30	$2.71	$7.29	88%	0.37	$537.29	$685.21
530/540	672/675	Oct 30	$2.75	$7.25	88%	0.38	$537.25	$675.25
530/540	662/665	Oct 30	$2.84	$7.16	85%	0.40	$537.16	$665.34
530/540	658/660	Oct 30	$2.24	$7.76	91%	0.29	$537.76	$659.74
530/540	665/668	Oct 30	$2.29	$7.71	90%	0.30	$537.71	$667.29
530/540	670/675	Dec 4	$5.52	$4.48	57%	1.23	$534.48	$675.52
530/540	642/645	Oct 30	$2.71	$7.29	83%	0.37	$537.29	$645.21
530/540	660/665	Nov 27	$5.10	$4.90	58%	1.04	$534.90	$665.10
568/570	650/652	Nov 13	$2.03	$0.47	53%	4.32	$567.97	$652.03
580/582	645/648	Nov 13	$2.19	$0.31	44%	7.06	$580.31	$647.19

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 216 found (best R:R 57.82, cheapest $0.07)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$500.00	$510.00	$520.00	Nov 20	$0.11	$9.89	7%	89.91
$620.00	$622.50	$625.00	Oct 30	$0.35	$2.15	37%	6.14
$530.00	$540.00	$550.00	Nov 20	$0.12	$9.88	5%	82.33
$617.50	$620.00	$622.50	Oct 30	$0.54	$1.96	38%	3.63
$622.50	$625.00	$627.50	Oct 30	$0.36	$2.14	28%	5.94

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$580.00	$590.00	$600.00	Nov 20	$0.17	$9.83	10%	57.82
$570.00	$580.00	$590.00	Dec 4	$0.12	$9.88	8%	82.33
$570.00	$580.00	$590.00	Nov 20	$0.20	$9.80	9%	49.00
$530.00	$540.00	$550.00	Nov 27	$0.16	$9.84	8%	61.50
$622.50	$625.00	$627.50	Oct 30	$0.12	$2.38	27%	19.83

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 201 found (best net $-15.44, 167 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$570.00	$600.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$15.44	$14.56
$550.00	$580.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$20.85	$9.15
$580.00	$605.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$13.60	$11.40
$715.00	$745.00	1:2	Dec 11	-$2.20	$27.80
$620.00	$622.50	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.37	$2.13

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$610.00	$580.00	1:2	Dec 11	-$5.61	$24.39
$625.00	$622.50	1:2	Oct 30	-$1.04	$1.46
$620.00	$617.50	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.24	$2.26
$570.00	$560.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.21	$9.79
$617.50	$615.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.01	$2.49

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 151 found (best yield 4.36%, avg 1.22%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$630.00	Dec 11	$27.10	0.50	1.4%	4.36%	5.78%	2	--
$635.00	Dec 11	$24.60	0.48	2.2%	3.96%	6.18%	4	--
$645.00	Dec 11	$20.75	0.43	3.8%	3.34%	7.17%	4	3
$625.00	Dec 11	$28.70	0.52	0.6%	4.62%	5.23%	7	--
$650.00	Dec 11	$18.70	0.40	4.6%	3.01%	7.64%	4	2
$655.00	Dec 11	$17.35	0.38	5.4%	2.79%	8.23%	2	7
$625.00	Dec 4	$28.20	0.51	0.6%	4.54%	5.15%	1	--
$630.00	Dec 4	$25.55	0.48	1.4%	4.11%	5.53%	27	--
$635.00	Dec 4	$22.95	0.45	2.2%	3.69%	5.91%	24	3
$640.00	Dec 4	$20.60	0.43	3.0%	3.32%	6.34%	3	7

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 16,136

Total Puts 19,532

Put/Call Ratio 1.21

Net Difference -3,396

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 28,781

Total Puts 44,141

Put/Call Ratio 1.53

Net Difference -15,360

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 96,588

Total Puts 93,263

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.88

Ratio Trend Falling

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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