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CATERPILLAR INC

$781.93 -0.26%

(9/14 18:01) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/15 3:05pm) 14,845

Calls: 9,087 (61%)

Puts: 5,758 (39%)

Prior (09/14) 26,477

Calls: 13,540 (51%)

Puts: 12,937 (49%)

Current vs Prior -43.93%

Calls: -32.89% (Calls)

Puts: -55.49% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 156,168

Calls: 63,450 (41%)

Puts: 92,718 (59%)

Prior 7-Day Average 22,309

Calls: 9,064 (41%)

Puts: 13,245 (59%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -33.46%

Calls: +0.25%

Puts: -56.53%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/15 3:05pm) $39.15M

Calls: $28.88M (74%)

Puts: $10.27M (26%)

Prior (09/14) $43.23M

Calls: $17.85M (41%)

Puts: $25.37M (59%)

Current vs Prior -9.42%

Calls: +61.76%

Puts: -59.52%

Prior 7-Day Total $271.48M

Calls: $137.21M (51%)

Puts: $134.27M (49%)

Prior 7-Day Average $38.78M

Calls: $19.60M (51%)

Puts: $19.18M (49%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +0.95%

Calls: +47.35%

Puts: -46.46%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/15 3:05pm) 0.63

Prior (09/14) 0.96

Current vs Prior -33.68%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.45

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -56.45%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/15 3:05pm) 292,259

Calls: 140,662 (48%)

Puts: 151,597 (52%)

Prior (09/14) 283,645

Calls: 135,466 (48%)

Puts: 148,179 (52%)

Current vs Prior +3.04%

Prior 7-Day Total 2,051,944

Calls: 956,738 (47%)

Puts: 1,095,206 (53%)

Prior 7-Day Average 293,134

Calls: 136,676 (47%)

Puts: 156,458 (53%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -0.30%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (09/18) | Next (09/25)Expiry (09/18) | Next (10/16)

Current 3.24% | 5.47%3.24% | 8.95%

Prior 2.00% | 4.67%4.67% | 9.67%

Current vs Prior +61.90% | +17.26%-30.57% | -7.38%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.02% | 4.55%5.90% | 10.47%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +60.39% | +20.24%-45.06% | -14.49%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.00% | 4.67%3.63% | 9.01%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +61.90% | +17.26%-10.67% | -0.63%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 14.80% | 26.27%

Calls: 14.96% | 27.27%

Puts: 14.65% | 25.26%

Prior 44.21% | 15.00%

Calls: 42.29% | 14.30%

Puts: 46.13% | 15.70%

Current vs Prior -66.52% | +75.13%

Prior 7-Day Avg 43.81% | 15.14%

Calls: 37.44% | 14.37%

Puts: 50.18% | 15.91%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -66.22% | +73.53%

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Moderately bullish flow with 74% call dollar volume ($28.88M). Below-average activity with volume down 44% vs prior. Bullish P/C ratio of 0.63. P/C ratio dropping 34% - sentiment shifting bullish.

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Prior NEUTRAL

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 121 of results (avg 7.5%, best 2.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$635.00	Oct 2	146.75	151.05	$148.90	2.9%	--	1.00	12
$770.00	Oct 16	39.25	41.15	$40.20	4.7%	25	0.58	54
$760.00	Oct 16	44.90	47.10	$46.00	4.8%	30	0.63	14
$780.00	Oct 16	34.00	35.80	$34.90	5.2%	44	0.53	98
$800.00	Oct 16	24.80	26.20	$25.50	5.5%	43	0.44	208

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$900.00	Oct 16	116.90	121.50	$119.20	3.9%	25	0.89	113
$790.00	Oct 16	34.35	35.85	$35.10	4.3%	23	0.52	367
$780.00	Oct 16	29.20	30.55	$29.88	4.5%	37	0.47	547
$770.00	Oct 16	24.80	25.95	$25.38	4.5%	12	0.42	894
$880.00	Sep 18	95.45	100.40	$97.93	5.1%	3	1.00	151

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. 174 found (avg delta 0.76, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$635.00	Oct 2	146.75	151.05	$148.90	2.9%	--	1.00	12
$640.00	Oct 2	138.90	151.65	$145.28	8.8%	2	1.00	--
$640.00	Sep 18	139.70	147.60	$143.65	5.5%	--	1.00	175
$650.00	Sep 18	130.05	138.90	$134.48	6.6%	--	1.00	10
$660.00	Sep 18	120.00	130.80	$125.40	8.6%	--	1.00	325

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$845.00	Sep 18	59.85	65.10	$62.47	8.4%	4	1.00	23
$850.00	Sep 18	64.05	69.90	$66.97	8.7%	12	1.00	744
$860.00	Sep 18	74.35	79.70	$77.03	6.9%	10	1.00	1.1K
$865.00	Sep 18	80.20	86.10	$83.15	7.1%	--	1.00	17
$870.00	Sep 18	83.80	90.85	$87.32	8.1%	7	1.00	200

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 413 active (total vol 7.7K, top 307)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$835.00	Sep 18	0.46	0.74	$0.60	46.7%	303	0.05	460
$790.00	Sep 18	7.10	8.95	$8.02	23.1%	300	0.40	283
$780.00	Sep 18	11.75	13.65	$12.70	15.0%	241	0.54	715
$800.00	Sep 18	4.50	5.50	$5.00	20.0%	160	0.28	1.1K
$900.00	Oct 23	5.10	6.35	$5.73	21.8%	138	0.13	22

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$775.00	Sep 18	7.45	8.75	$8.10	16.0%	307	0.39	1.2K
$740.00	Sep 18	1.00	1.25	$1.13	22.1%	306	0.08	902
$730.00	Oct 16	11.05	12.40	$11.73	11.5%	147	0.23	999
$750.00	Sep 18	1.50	2.42	$1.96	46.9%	139	0.13	1.1K
$640.00	Oct 30	3.00	5.85	$4.43	64.3%	85	0.08	1

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 9 strikes (avg 11.1%, max 17.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$760.00	Sep 18	Oct 16	40.8%	34.9%	17.1%	35	908
$780.00	Sep 18	Oct 23	39.6%	33.9%	16.7%	292	718
$765.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	39.6%	35.6%	11.3%	5	21
$790.00	Sep 18	Oct 23	40.2%	37.6%	7.0%	324	290
$797.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	40.8%	39.0%	4.7%	19	17

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$765.00	Sep 18	Oct 23	40.5%	35.1%	15.4%	9	94
$805.00	Sep 18	Oct 23	41.0%	37.1%	10.5%	10	58
$810.00	Sep 18	Oct 23	40.8%	37.0%	10.2%	20	376
$790.00	Sep 18	Oct 23	40.2%	37.6%	7.0%	45	1.5K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 338 found (best R:R 2.76, avg 5.71)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$700.00	$710.00	Oct 16	$6.53	$3.47	$6.53	86%	0.53	$706.53
$720.00	$770.00	Oct 30	$32.28	$17.72	$32.28	74%	0.55	$752.28
$775.00	$780.00	Oct 9	$1.33	$3.67	$1.33	57%	2.76	$776.33
$775.00	$785.00	Oct 30	$4.15	$5.85	$4.15	55%	1.41	$779.15
$780.00	$785.00	Oct 23	$1.50	$3.50	$1.50	54%	2.33	$781.50

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$820.00	$815.00	Sep 25	$1.33	$3.67	$1.33	77%	2.76	$818.67
$810.00	$805.00	Oct 9	$1.33	$3.67	$1.33	62%	2.76	$808.67
$710.00	$700.00	Oct 30	$0.63	$9.37	$0.63	23%	14.87	$709.37
$900.00	$895.00	Oct 30	$2.77	$2.23	$2.77	80%	0.81	$897.23
$780.00	$775.00	Oct 23	$1.05	$3.95	$1.05	47%	3.76	$778.95

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 275 found (best R:R 2.03, avg 0.43)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$855.00	$860.00	Oct 30	$3.30	$3.30	$1.70	70%	1.94	$858.30
$920.00	$925.00	Oct 30	$2.33	$2.33	$2.67	83%	0.87	$922.33
$885.00	$890.00	Oct 9	$2.01	$2.01	$2.99	86%	0.67	$887.01
$835.00	$840.00	Oct 9	$2.55	$2.55	$2.45	72%	1.04	$837.55
$850.00	$855.00	Oct 23	$2.40	$2.40	$2.60	74%	0.92	$852.40

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$700.00	$695.00	Oct 30	$3.35	$3.35	$1.65	79%	2.03	$696.65
$760.00	$755.00	Oct 30	$4.05	$4.05	$0.95	60%	4.26	$755.95
$645.00	$640.00	Oct 2	$1.80	$1.80	$3.20	95%	0.56	$643.20
$635.00	$630.00	Oct 9	$1.70	$1.70	$3.30	95%	0.52	$633.30
$665.00	$660.00	Oct 2	$1.73	$1.73	$3.27	94%	0.53	$663.27

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 14 found (avg debit $7.73, cheapest $4.30)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$765.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$4.30	39.6%	35.6%
$770.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$7.55	41.4%	37.4%
$790.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$7.98	40.2%	36.7%
$775.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$8.72	40.1%	37.2%
$795.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$8.08	40.1%	37.4%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$770.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$6.70	41.4%	37.4%
$790.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$7.11	40.2%	36.7%
$775.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$7.20	40.1%	37.2%
$795.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$8.00	40.1%	37.4%
$780.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$7.50	39.6%	37.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 118 found (cheapest 2.93% of stock, avg 7.88%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$780.00	Sep 18	$12.70	$10.18	$22.88	$757.12	$802.88	2.93%
$785.00	Sep 18	$10.25	$12.63	$22.88	$762.12	$807.88	2.93%
$790.00	Sep 18	$8.02	$15.27	$23.29	$766.71	$813.29	2.98%
$775.00	Sep 18	$15.53	$8.10	$23.63	$751.37	$798.63	3.02%
$795.00	Sep 18	$6.25	$18.33	$24.58	$770.42	$819.58	3.14%
$770.00	Sep 18	$19.73	$6.58	$26.31	$743.69	$796.31	3.36%
$800.00	Sep 18	$5.00	$22.15	$27.15	$772.85	$827.15	3.47%
$805.00	Sep 18	$3.80	$25.45	$29.25	$775.75	$834.25	3.74%
$760.00	Sep 18	$26.90	$3.62	$30.52	$729.48	$790.52	3.90%
$810.00	Sep 18	$2.80	$30.30	$33.10	$776.90	$843.10	4.23%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 1.10% of stock, avg 5.65%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$800.00	$760.00	Sep 18	$5.00	$3.62	$8.62	$751.38	$808.62
$800.00	$765.00	Sep 18	$5.00	$4.80	$9.80	$755.20	$809.80
$797.50	$760.00	Sep 18	$5.68	$3.62	$9.30	$750.70	$806.80
$797.50	$765.00	Sep 18	$5.68	$4.80	$10.48	$754.52	$807.98
$795.00	$760.00	Sep 18	$6.25	$3.62	$9.87	$750.13	$804.87
$795.00	$765.00	Sep 18	$6.25	$4.80	$11.05	$753.95	$806.05
$800.00	$770.00	Sep 18	$5.00	$6.58	$11.58	$758.42	$811.58
$797.50	$770.00	Sep 18	$5.68	$6.58	$12.26	$757.74	$809.76
$795.00	$770.00	Sep 18	$6.25	$6.58	$12.83	$757.17	$807.83
$790.00	$760.00	Sep 18	$8.02	$3.62	$11.64	$748.36	$801.64

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 367 found (best R:R 5.67, avg credit $2.14)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
630/635	835/840	Oct 9	$4.25	$0.75	68%	5.67	$630.75	$839.25
640/645	855/860	Oct 30	$4.20	$0.80	61%	5.25	$640.80	$859.20
630/635	855/860	Oct 30	$4.10	$0.90	62%	4.56	$630.90	$859.10
645/650	855/860	Oct 30	$4.07	$0.93	60%	4.38	$645.93	$859.07
695/700	845/850	Oct 30	$4.58	$0.42	46%	10.90	$695.42	$849.58
650/655	855/860	Oct 30	$3.88	$1.12	59%	3.46	$651.12	$858.88
640/645	835/840	Oct 9	$3.35	$1.65	68%	2.03	$641.65	$838.35
635/640	825/828	Sep 25	$3.07	$1.93	72%	1.59	$636.93	$828.07
630/635	820/825	Oct 9	$3.57	$1.43	62%	2.50	$631.43	$823.57
705/710	835/840	Oct 9	$3.67	$1.33	58%	2.76	$706.33	$838.67

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 228 found (best R:R 12.10, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$740.00	$750.00	$760.00	Sep 18	$0.33	$9.67	14%	29.30
$780.00	$785.00	$790.00	Sep 18	$0.22	$4.78	14%	21.73
$770.00	$780.00	$790.00	Oct 16	$0.40	$9.60	10%	24.00
$860.00	$870.00	$880.00	Oct 16	$0.18	$9.82	5%	54.56
$780.00	$790.00	$800.00	Oct 16	$0.40	$9.60	9%	24.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$820.00	$850.00	$880.00	Oct 9	$2.29	$27.71	22%	12.10
$790.00	$800.00	$810.00	Oct 16	$0.24	$9.76	9%	40.67
$710.00	$720.00	$730.00	Oct 16	$0.13	$9.87	7%	75.92
$740.00	$750.00	$760.00	Oct 16	$0.30	$9.70	9%	32.33
$780.00	$785.00	$790.00	Sep 18	$0.19	$4.81	14%	25.32

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 211 found (best net $-10.02, 198 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$700.00	$755.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$10.02	$44.98
$650.00	$720.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$30.69	$39.31
$650.00	$700.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$35.55	$14.45
$720.00	$770.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$22.07	$27.93
$650.00	$700.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$43.01	$6.99

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$675.00	$655.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.13	$19.87
$710.00	$700.00	1:2	Sep 18	$0.00	$10.00
$720.00	$710.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.10	$9.90
$680.00	$670.00	1:2	Sep 18	$0.00	$10.00
$700.00	$690.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.06	$9.94

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 152 found (best yield 5.07%, avg 1.29%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$795.00	Oct 30	$39.65	0.49	1.7%	5.07%	6.74%	--	17
$805.00	Oct 30	$35.45	0.46	3.0%	4.53%	7.48%	32	2
$815.00	Oct 30	$31.70	0.43	4.2%	4.05%	8.28%	6	12
$785.00	Oct 30	$44.20	0.52	0.4%	5.65%	6.05%	6	--
$810.00	Oct 30	$33.10	0.44	3.6%	4.23%	7.82%	2	--
$800.00	Oct 30	$36.80	0.47	2.3%	4.71%	7.02%	3	1
$825.00	Oct 30	$28.10	0.39	5.5%	3.59%	9.10%	40	3
$845.00	Oct 30	$21.90	0.33	8.1%	2.80%	10.87%	6	12
$850.00	Oct 30	$20.75	0.32	8.7%	2.65%	11.36%	10	--
$855.00	Oct 30	$17.50	0.30	9.3%	2.24%	11.58%	2	1

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 9,087

Total Puts 5,758

Put/Call Ratio 0.63

Net Difference 3,329

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 13,540

Total Puts 12,937

Put/Call Ratio 0.96

Net Difference 603

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 63,450

Total Puts 92,718

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.45

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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