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CATERPILLAR INC

$795.59 +1.64%

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17 3:05pm) 26,892

Calls: 12,575 (47%)

Puts: 14,317 (53%)

Prior (09/15) 14,845

Calls: 9,087 (61%)

Puts: 5,758 (39%)

Current vs Prior +81.15%

Calls: +38.38% (Calls)

Puts: +148.65% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 156,217

Calls: 64,867 (42%)

Puts: 91,350 (58%)

Prior 7-Day Average 22,316

Calls: 9,266 (42%)

Puts: 13,050 (58%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +20.50%

Calls: +35.70%

Puts: +9.71%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/17 3:05pm) $67.69M

Calls: $26.03M (38%)

Puts: $41.66M (62%)

Prior (09/15) $39.15M

Calls: $28.88M (74%)

Puts: $10.27M (26%)

Current vs Prior +72.90%

Calls: -9.86%

Puts: +305.65%

Prior 7-Day Total $273.00M

Calls: $135.28M (50%)

Puts: $137.72M (50%)

Prior 7-Day Average $39.00M

Calls: $19.33M (50%)

Puts: $19.67M (50%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +73.57%

Calls: +34.71%

Puts: +111.74%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17 3:05pm) 1.14

Prior (09/15) 0.63

Current vs Prior +79.68%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.42

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -19.99%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17 3:05pm) 299,419

Calls: 145,519 (49%)

Puts: 153,900 (51%)

Prior (09/15) 292,259

Calls: 140,662 (48%)

Puts: 151,597 (52%)

Current vs Prior +2.45%

Prior 7-Day Total 2,038,357

Calls: 955,435 (47%)

Puts: 1,082,922 (53%)

Prior 7-Day Average 291,193

Calls: 136,490 (47%)

Puts: 154,703 (53%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +2.82%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 1.83% | 4.46%1.83% | 8.70%

Prior 3.65% | 5.63%3.65% | 9.07%

Current vs Prior -49.98% | -20.88%-49.98% | -4.15%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.43% | 4.78%5.40% | 10.15%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -24.86% | -6.70%-66.20% | -14.37%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.65% | 5.63%2.90% | 9.10%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -49.98% | -20.88%-36.97% | -4.41%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 38.28% | 31.39%

Calls: 36.60% | 29.35%

Puts: 39.97% | 33.43%

Prior 16.03% | 25.92%

Calls: 15.07% | 21.98%

Puts: 16.99% | 29.86%

Current vs Prior +138.80% | +21.10%

Prior 7-Day Avg 36.24% | 17.29%

Calls: 31.48% | 16.21%

Puts: 40.99% | 18.37%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +5.64% | +81.60%

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Moderately bearish flow with 62% put dollar volume ($41.66M). Elevated premium activity with dollar volume up 73% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (74% higher). Above-average activity with volume up 81% vs prior.

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Current BEARISH

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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 125 of results (avg 7.2%, best 2.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$650.00	Oct 16	146.90	150.40	$148.65	2.4%	20	0.97	42
$700.00	Oct 16	100.85	104.70	$102.78	3.7%	--	0.90	17
$810.00	Oct 16	25.75	26.75	$26.25	3.8%	270	0.45	460
$660.00	Sep 18	133.30	139.85	$136.57	4.8%	2	0.95	324
$660.00	Oct 30	140.40	147.50	$143.95	4.9%	2	0.91	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$840.00	Oct 30	69.25	72.00	$70.63	3.9%	6	0.61	--
$890.00	Oct 23	97.30	101.35	$99.32	4.1%	6	0.84	7
$900.00	Oct 23	105.90	110.35	$108.13	4.1%	--	0.86	10
$800.00	Oct 16	31.90	33.30	$32.60	4.3%	42	0.50	626
$860.00	Oct 30	82.30	86.10	$84.20	4.5%	2	0.67	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.85, cheapest $0.85)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$720.00	Sep 25	0.80	0.90	$0.85	11.8%	44	0.04	108

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 215 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$640.00	Sep 18	152.25	164.05	$158.15	7.5%	1	1.00	175
$650.00	Sep 18	142.85	154.10	$148.48	7.6%	--	1.00	10
$680.00	Sep 18	113.50	124.00	$118.75	8.8%	--	1.00	124
$700.00	Sep 18	93.25	101.75	$97.50	8.7%	2	1.00	370
$710.00	Sep 18	82.90	91.45	$87.18	9.8%	--	0.99	15

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$830.00	Sep 18	31.00	36.15	$33.58	15.3%	5	1.00	208
$835.00	Sep 18	32.55	41.35	$36.95	23.8%	--	1.00	38
$840.00	Sep 18	40.40	47.00	$43.70	15.1%	10	1.00	557
$850.00	Sep 18	47.80	56.75	$52.28	17.1%	97	1.00	95
$860.00	Sep 18	59.45	66.95	$63.20	11.9%	500	1.00	379

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 499 active (total vol 17.5K, top 932)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$825.00	Oct 2	11.20	14.25	$12.73	24.0%	513	0.33	23
$810.00	Sep 18	1.45	2.33	$1.89	46.6%	453	0.21	349
$870.00	Oct 16	8.45	9.25	$8.85	9.0%	365	0.20	263
$815.00	Oct 2	14.75	17.70	$16.23	18.2%	288	0.40	66
$810.00	Oct 16	25.75	26.75	$26.25	3.8%	270	0.45	460

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$780.00	Sep 18	1.56	1.86	$1.71	17.5%	932	0.17	860
$720.00	Sep 18	0.01	0.16	$0.09	166.7%	858	0.01	2.1K
$785.00	Sep 18	2.10	2.96	$2.53	34.0%	762	0.25	146
$860.00	Sep 18	59.45	66.95	$63.20	11.9%	500	1.00	379
$730.00	Oct 16	8.05	8.80	$8.43	8.9%	473	0.18	1.1K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 4 strikes (avg 10.4%, max 13.7%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$780.00	Sep 18	Oct 23	41.0%	36.1%	13.7%	17	907
$785.00	Sep 18	Oct 23	40.4%	35.8%	12.8%	19	271
$797.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	39.3%	35.7%	10.1%	31	38
$812.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	38.4%	36.5%	5.1%	75	18

PUTS (0)

No puts found

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 360 found (best R:R 9.00, avg 6.35)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$750.00	$755.00	Oct 30	$0.50	$4.50	$0.50	69%	9.00	$750.50
$745.00	$770.00	Oct 23	$15.97	$9.03	$15.97	75%	0.57	$760.97
$795.00	$800.00	Oct 23	$0.83	$4.17	$0.83	54%	5.02	$795.83
$730.00	$740.00	Oct 23	$6.22	$3.78	$6.22	80%	0.61	$736.22
$750.00	$755.00	Sep 25	$2.65	$2.35	$2.65	87%	0.89	$752.65

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$820.00	$815.00	Oct 9	$1.10	$3.90	$1.10	61%	3.55	$818.90
$810.00	$805.00	Oct 9	$0.95	$4.05	$0.95	55%	4.26	$809.05
$880.00	$870.00	Oct 23	$6.32	$3.68	$6.32	81%	0.58	$873.68
$850.00	$845.00	Oct 2	$2.37	$2.63	$2.37	80%	1.11	$847.63
$835.00	$830.00	Sep 25	$2.64	$2.36	$2.64	82%	0.89	$832.36

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 291 found (best R:R 0.75, avg 0.51)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$915.00	$920.00	Sep 18	$2.14	$2.14	$2.86	93%	0.75	$917.14
$832.50	$835.00	Sep 25	$2.33	$2.33	$0.17	76%	13.71	$834.83
$815.00	$820.00	Oct 30	$4.08	$4.08	$0.92	52%	4.43	$819.08
$895.00	$900.00	Sep 25	$1.93	$1.93	$3.07	92%	0.63	$896.93
$925.00	$930.00	Sep 18	$1.77	$1.77	$3.23	93%	0.55	$926.77

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$660.00	$650.00	Sep 18	$2.09	$2.09	$7.91	95%	0.26	$657.91
$697.50	$695.00	Sep 25	$2.03	$2.03	$0.47	93%	4.32	$695.47
$685.00	$675.00	Oct 9	$2.30	$2.30	$7.70	92%	0.30	$682.70
$665.00	$660.00	Sep 25	$1.95	$1.95	$3.05	95%	0.64	$663.05
$665.00	$660.00	Oct 2	$1.88	$1.88	$3.12	94%	0.60	$663.12

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 9 found (avg debit $10.92, cheapest $9.63)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$800.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$9.67	39.4%	34.3%
$795.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$10.75	39.3%	35.2%
$797.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$10.90	39.3%	35.7%
$790.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$10.55	39.5%	37.2%
$805.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$10.06	36.8%	35.2%

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$800.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$9.63	39.4%	34.3%
$795.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$9.68	39.3%	35.2%
$797.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	$16.82	39.3%	36.7%
$790.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$10.25	39.5%	37.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 153 found (cheapest 1.65% of stock, avg 7.80%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$797.50	Sep 18	$6.28	$6.88	$13.16	$784.34	$810.66	1.65%
$795.00	Sep 18	$7.65	$5.90	$13.55	$781.45	$808.55	1.70%
$800.00	Sep 18	$5.18	$8.75	$13.93	$786.07	$813.93	1.75%
$790.00	Sep 18	$10.48	$3.90	$14.38	$775.62	$804.38	1.81%
$805.00	Sep 18	$2.99	$12.15	$15.14	$789.86	$820.14	1.90%
$785.00	Sep 18	$13.08	$2.53	$15.61	$769.39	$800.61	1.96%
$810.00	Sep 18	$1.89	$15.30	$17.19	$792.81	$827.19	2.16%
$780.00	Sep 18	$17.38	$1.71	$19.09	$760.91	$799.09	2.40%
$812.50	Sep 18	$1.49	$17.70	$19.19	$793.31	$831.69	2.41%
$815.00	Sep 18	$1.08	$19.65	$20.73	$794.27	$835.73	2.61%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.32% of stock, avg 5.35%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$812.50	$775.00	Sep 18	$1.49	$1.05	$2.54	$772.46	$815.04
$812.50	$780.00	Sep 18	$1.49	$1.71	$3.20	$776.80	$815.70
$810.00	$775.00	Sep 18	$1.89	$1.05	$2.94	$772.06	$812.94
$810.00	$780.00	Sep 18	$1.89	$1.71	$3.60	$776.40	$813.60
$812.50	$785.00	Sep 18	$1.49	$2.53	$4.02	$780.98	$816.52
$810.00	$785.00	Sep 18	$1.89	$2.53	$4.42	$780.58	$814.42
$805.00	$775.00	Sep 18	$2.99	$1.05	$4.04	$770.96	$809.04
$805.00	$780.00	Sep 18	$2.99	$1.71	$4.70	$775.30	$809.70
$805.00	$785.00	Sep 18	$2.99	$2.53	$5.52	$779.48	$810.52
$812.50	$790.00	Sep 18	$1.49	$3.90	$5.39	$784.61	$817.89

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 275 found (best R:R 3.63, avg credit $2.01)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
660/665	828/830	Sep 25	$3.92	$1.08	68%	3.63	$661.08	$831.42
640/645	830/835	Oct 2	$3.80	$1.20	65%	3.17	$641.20	$833.80
660/665	830/835	Oct 2	$3.83	$1.17	64%	3.27	$661.17	$833.83
650/660	905/910	Sep 18	$2.45	$7.55	93%	0.32	$657.55	$907.45
680/685	830/835	Oct 2	$3.52	$1.48	64%	2.38	$681.48	$833.52
650/660	895/900	Sep 18	$2.21	$7.79	94%	0.28	$657.79	$897.21
730/732	828/830	Sep 25	$2.39	$0.11	65%	21.73	$730.11	$829.89
700/705	830/835	Oct 2	$3.36	$1.64	62%	2.05	$701.64	$833.36
660/665	822/825	Sep 25	$3.15	$1.85	66%	1.70	$661.85	$825.65
720/725	830/835	Oct 2	$3.54	$1.46	57%	2.42	$721.46	$833.54

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 256 found (best R:R 99.00, cheapest $0.07)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$830.00	$840.00	$850.00	Oct 16	$0.10	$9.90	8%	99.00
$710.00	$720.00	$730.00	Oct 16	$0.25	$9.75	6%	39.00
$860.00	$870.00	$880.00	Oct 16	$0.26	$9.74	6%	37.46
$770.00	$775.00	$780.00	Oct 9	$0.11	$4.89	5%	44.45
$890.00	$900.00	$910.00	Oct 16	$0.20	$9.80	4%	49.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$775.00	$780.00	$785.00	Sep 18	$0.16	$4.84	13%	30.25
$800.00	$805.00	$810.00	Sep 25	$0.07	$4.93	9%	70.43
$800.00	$810.00	$820.00	Oct 16	$0.39	$9.61	10%	24.64
$730.00	$740.00	$750.00	Oct 16	$0.32	$9.68	8%	30.25
$710.00	$720.00	$730.00	Oct 16	$0.26	$9.74	6%	37.46

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 228 found (best net $-36.13, 200 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$700.00	$750.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$36.13	$13.87
$800.00	$805.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.80	$4.20
$805.00	$810.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.79	$4.21
$925.00	$930.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.17	$4.83
$840.00	$845.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.09	$4.91

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$780.00	$775.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.39	$4.61
$790.00	$785.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$1.16	$3.84
$775.00	$770.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.21	$4.79
$765.00	$760.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.07	$4.93
$795.00	$790.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$1.90	$3.10

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 160 found (best yield 4.44%, avg 1.31%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$820.00	Oct 30	$35.35	0.46	3.1%	4.44%	7.51%	6	2
$810.00	Oct 30	$39.35	0.49	1.8%	4.95%	6.76%	42	1
$805.00	Oct 30	$41.65	0.50	1.2%	5.24%	6.42%	5	17
$815.00	Oct 30	$37.25	0.47	2.4%	4.68%	7.12%	--	16
$800.00	Oct 30	$43.55	0.52	0.6%	5.47%	6.03%	1	2
$830.00	Oct 30	$31.00	0.43	4.3%	3.90%	8.22%	6	2
$835.00	Oct 30	$28.85	0.41	5.0%	3.63%	8.58%	2	--
$825.00	Oct 30	$31.75	0.44	3.7%	3.99%	7.69%	--	22
$845.00	Oct 30	$26.45	0.37	6.2%	3.32%	9.54%	2	15
$860.00	Oct 30	$21.85	0.33	8.1%	2.75%	10.84%	--	38

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 12,575

Total Puts 14,317

Put/Call Ratio 1.14

Net Difference -1,742

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 9,087

Total Puts 5,758

Put/Call Ratio 0.63

Net Difference 3,329

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 64,867

Total Puts 91,350

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.42

Ratio Trend Rising

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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