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CATERPILLAR INC

$803.78 +0.65%

(9/17 18:01) ◀

Friday, September 18, 2026 (3:05pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 3:05pm) 16,651

Calls: 6,774 (41%)

Puts: 9,877 (59%)

Prior (09/17) 26,892

Calls: 12,575 (47%)

Puts: 14,317 (53%)

Current vs Prior -38.08%

Calls: -46.13% (Calls)

Puts: -31.01% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 138,251

Calls: 61,691 (45%)

Puts: 76,560 (55%)

Prior 7-Day Average 19,750

Calls: 8,813 (45%)

Puts: 10,937 (55%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -15.69%

Calls: -23.14%

Puts: -9.69%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/18 3:05pm) $26.93M

Calls: $15.96M (59%)

Puts: $10.97M (41%)

Prior (09/17) $67.69M

Calls: $26.03M (38%)

Puts: $41.66M (62%)

Current vs Prior -60.22%

Calls: -38.69%

Puts: -73.67%

Prior 7-Day Total $249.87M

Calls: $123.29M (49%)

Puts: $126.59M (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average $35.70M

Calls: $17.61M (49%)

Puts: $18.08M (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -24.56%

Calls: -9.37%

Puts: -39.34%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 3:05pm) 1.46

Prior (09/17) 1.14

Current vs Prior +28.07%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.27

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +14.45%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 3:05pm) 305,069

Calls: 148,736 (49%)

Puts: 156,333 (51%)

Prior (09/17) 299,419

Calls: 145,519 (49%)

Puts: 153,900 (51%)

Current vs Prior +1.89%

Prior 7-Day Total 2,056,803

Calls: 968,056 (47%)

Puts: 1,088,747 (53%)

Prior 7-Day Average 293,829

Calls: 138,293 (47%)

Puts: 155,535 (53%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +3.83%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 0.84% | 4.07%0.84% | 8.15%

Prior 3.24% | 5.47%3.24% | 8.95%

Current vs Prior -74.00% | -25.64%-74.00% | -8.93%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.42% | 4.85%4.94% | 9.89%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -65.27% | -16.03%-82.95% | -17.57%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.24% | 5.47%1.79% | 8.51%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -74.00% | -25.64%-52.96% | -4.16%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 56.54% | 28.98%

Calls: 41.39% | 23.98%

Puts: 71.69% | 33.97%

Prior 14.80% | 26.27%

Calls: 14.96% | 27.27%

Puts: 14.65% | 25.26%

Current vs Prior +282.03% | +10.32%

Prior 7-Day Avg 35.89% | 18.16%

Calls: 31.06% | 18.21%

Puts: 40.72% | 18.11%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +57.52% | +59.61%

Liquidity Expensive

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Light premium activity with dollar volume down 60% vs prior. Bearish P/C ratio of 1.46 indicates protective positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

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Current NEUTRAL

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 65 of results (avg 7.9%, best 4.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$800.00	Oct 16	33.00	34.50	$33.75	4.4%	20	0.54	235
$860.00	Oct 16	11.15	11.70	$11.43	4.8%	154	0.26	380
$670.00	Sep 25	128.80	136.40	$132.60	5.7%	2	1.00	1
$660.00	Sep 18	138.20	146.45	$142.32	5.8%	--	0.95	323
$650.00	Oct 16	151.30	161.45	$156.38	6.5%	--	0.98	31

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$960.00	Sep 18	152.85	161.45	$157.15	5.5%	4	1.00	63
$910.00	Oct 16	105.30	111.30	$108.30	5.5%	--	0.89	112
$740.00	Oct 16	7.85	8.30	$8.07	5.6%	37	0.18	788
$890.00	Oct 16	87.85	93.15	$90.50	5.9%	6	0.84	83
$950.00	Oct 16	143.50	152.25	$147.88	5.9%	--	0.93	38

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. 195 found (avg delta 0.78, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$650.00	Sep 18	147.80	158.45	$153.13	7.0%	--	1.00	10
$700.00	Sep 18	98.50	106.25	$102.38	7.6%	14	1.00	368
$710.00	Sep 18	88.40	96.40	$92.40	8.7%	5	1.00	15
$740.00	Sep 18	58.15	66.95	$62.55	14.1%	2	1.00	110
$720.00	Sep 18	78.40	86.90	$82.65	10.3%	2	1.00	1.1K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$820.00	Sep 18	13.65	18.20	$15.93	28.6%	50	1.00	232
$825.00	Sep 18	18.00	24.45	$21.23	30.4%	5	1.00	26
$830.00	Sep 18	22.75	27.90	$25.33	20.3%	27	1.00	189
$840.00	Sep 18	34.55	37.00	$35.78	6.8%	3	1.00	166
$850.00	Sep 18	43.55	48.30	$45.93	10.3%	6	1.00	52

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 443 active (total vol 11.9K, top 621)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$880.00	Sep 25	0.35	0.74	$0.54	72.2%	333	0.04	69
$790.00	Sep 18	10.55	16.65	$13.60	44.9%	324	0.94	493
$815.00	Sep 25	9.35	11.50	$10.43	20.6%	320	0.40	185
$810.00	Sep 18	0.00	0.36	$0.18	200.0%	268	0.09	326
$805.00	Sep 18	0.50	1.82	$1.16	113.8%	246	0.39	105

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$760.00	Sep 25	1.80	2.56	$2.18	34.9%	621	0.11	130
$800.00	Sep 18	0.35	0.78	$0.56	76.8%	618	0.20	1.2K
$775.00	Sep 18	0.01	0.16	$0.09	166.7%	366	0.02	1.1K
$740.00	Sep 18	0.00	0.02	$0.01	200.0%	314	0.00	990
$785.00	Sep 25	6.05	8.25	$7.15	30.8%	302	0.30	82

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 22.8%, max 29.5%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$800.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	50.9%	39.3%	29.5%	203	1.1K
$805.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	45.5%	39.2%	16.0%	247	124

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$800.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	50.9%	39.3%	29.5%	890	1.2K
$805.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	45.5%	39.2%	16.0%	33	52

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 337 found (best R:R 3.24, avg 6.89)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$820.00	$825.00	Oct 9	$0.17	$4.83	$0.17	42%	28.41	$820.17
$780.00	$785.00	Sep 25	$1.90	$3.10	$1.90	75%	1.63	$781.90
$840.00	$850.00	Oct 9	$1.23	$8.77	$1.23	32%	7.13	$841.23
$785.00	$790.00	Oct 23	$1.35	$3.65	$1.35	61%	2.70	$786.35
$800.00	$805.00	Oct 2	$1.12	$3.88	$1.12	56%	3.46	$801.12

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$860.00	$855.00	Oct 23	$1.18	$3.82	$1.18	72%	3.24	$858.82
$860.00	$855.00	Oct 2	$2.37	$2.63	$2.37	85%	1.11	$857.63
$870.00	$865.00	Sep 25	$3.10	$1.90	$3.10	94%	0.61	$866.90
$815.00	$812.50	Sep 25	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	60%	19.83	$814.88
$840.00	$835.00	Sep 25	$2.75	$2.25	$2.75	83%	0.82	$837.25

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 278 found (best R:R 19.83, avg 0.46)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$805.00	$810.00	Oct 2	$4.76	$4.76	$0.24	48%	19.83	$809.76
$925.00	$930.00	Sep 18	$2.14	$2.14	$2.86	93%	0.75	$927.14
$915.00	$920.00	Sep 18	$2.14	$2.14	$2.86	93%	0.75	$917.14
$905.00	$910.00	Sep 18	$2.14	$2.14	$2.86	92%	0.75	$907.14
$895.00	$900.00	Sep 18	$2.14	$2.14	$2.86	92%	0.75	$897.14

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$660.00	$650.00	Sep 18	$2.14	$2.14	$7.86	95%	0.27	$657.86
$732.50	$730.00	Sep 18	$2.09	$2.09	$0.41	92%	5.10	$730.41
$665.00	$660.00	Sep 25	$1.92	$1.92	$3.08	95%	0.62	$663.08
$727.50	$725.00	Sep 18	$1.88	$1.88	$0.62	92%	3.03	$725.62
$685.00	$670.00	Oct 9	$1.95	$1.95	$13.05	94%	0.15	$683.05

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $13.69, cheapest $13.30)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$805.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$14.07	45.5%	35.2%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$805.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$13.30	45.5%	35.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 146 found (cheapest 0.43% of stock, avg 7.08%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$805.00	Sep 18	$1.16	$2.30	$3.46	$801.54	$808.46	0.43%
$800.00	Sep 18	$4.47	$0.56	$5.03	$794.97	$805.03	0.63%
$810.00	Sep 18	$0.18	$5.93	$6.11	$803.89	$816.11	0.76%
$797.50	Sep 18	$6.25	$0.24	$6.49	$791.01	$803.99	0.81%
$795.00	Sep 18	$8.00	$0.16	$8.16	$786.84	$803.16	1.02%
$815.00	Sep 18	$0.08	$11.15	$11.23	$803.77	$826.23	1.40%
$790.00	Sep 18	$13.60	$0.24	$13.84	$776.16	$803.84	1.72%
$820.00	Sep 18	$0.08	$15.93	$16.01	$803.99	$836.01	1.99%
$785.00	Sep 18	$18.65	$0.11	$18.76	$766.24	$803.76	2.33%
$825.00	Sep 18	$0.06	$21.23	$21.29	$803.71	$846.29	2.65%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.04% of stock, avg 4.77%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$810.00	$795.00	Sep 18	$0.18	$0.16	$0.34	$794.66	$810.34
$810.00	$797.50	Sep 18	$0.18	$0.24	$0.42	$797.08	$810.42
$810.00	$800.00	Sep 18	$0.18	$0.56	$0.74	$799.26	$810.74
$805.00	$795.00	Sep 18	$1.16	$0.16	$1.32	$793.68	$806.32
$805.00	$797.50	Sep 18	$1.16	$0.24	$1.40	$796.10	$806.40
$805.00	$800.00	Sep 18	$1.16	$0.56	$1.72	$798.28	$806.72
$810.00	$732.50	Sep 18	$0.18	$2.15	$2.33	$730.17	$812.33
$810.00	$727.50	Sep 18	$0.18	$2.15	$2.33	$725.17	$812.33
$885.00	$795.00	Sep 18	$2.15	$0.16	$2.31	$792.69	$887.31
$870.00	$795.00	Sep 18	$2.15	$0.16	$2.31	$792.69	$872.31

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 331 found (best R:R 5.49, avg credit $2.15)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
730/732	905/910	Sep 18	$4.23	$0.77	84%	5.49	$728.27	$909.23
730/732	895/900	Sep 18	$4.23	$0.77	84%	5.49	$728.27	$899.23
730/732	870/875	Sep 18	$4.17	$0.83	82%	5.02	$728.33	$874.17
725/728	905/910	Sep 18	$4.02	$0.98	84%	4.10	$723.48	$909.02
725/728	895/900	Sep 18	$4.02	$0.98	84%	4.10	$723.48	$899.02
730/732	885/890	Sep 18	$3.98	$1.02	83%	3.90	$728.52	$888.98
725/728	870/875	Sep 18	$3.96	$1.04	82%	3.81	$723.54	$873.96
650/660	905/910	Sep 18	$4.28	$5.72	88%	0.75	$655.72	$909.28
650/660	895/900	Sep 18	$4.28	$5.72	87%	0.75	$655.72	$899.28
725/728	885/890	Sep 18	$3.77	$1.23	83%	3.07	$723.73	$888.77

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 238 found (best R:R 1.65, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$820.00	$830.00	$840.00	Oct 16	$0.10	$9.90	10%	99.00
$800.00	$805.00	$810.00	Sep 18	$2.33	$2.67	71%	1.15
$840.00	$845.00	$850.00	Sep 25	$0.09	$4.91	5%	54.56
$720.00	$730.00	$740.00	Oct 16	$0.27	$9.73	6%	36.04
$810.00	$815.00	$820.00	Oct 2	$0.17	$4.83	8%	28.41

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$800.00	$805.00	$810.00	Sep 18	$1.89	$3.11	71%	1.65
$840.00	$850.00	$860.00	Oct 16	$0.06	$9.94	9%	165.67
$760.00	$770.00	$780.00	Oct 16	$0.37	$9.63	10%	26.03
$850.00	$860.00	$870.00	Oct 16	$0.29	$9.71	8%	33.48
$765.00	$770.00	$775.00	Sep 25	$0.08	$4.92	7%	61.50

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 258 found (best net $-1.00, 216 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$700.00	$770.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$1.00	$69.00
$700.00	$742.50	1:2	Sep 25	-$19.66	$22.84
$790.00	$795.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$2.40	$2.60
$935.00	$945.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.23	$9.77
$920.00	$925.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.04	$4.96

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$880.00	$840.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$14.88	$25.12
$815.00	$810.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.71	$4.29
$650.00	$645.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.01	$4.99
$797.50	$795.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.08	$2.42
$655.00	$650.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.09	$4.91

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 130 found (best yield 4.27%, avg 1.32%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$825.00	Oct 30	$34.35	0.45	2.6%	4.27%	6.91%	1	22
$835.00	Oct 30	$30.50	0.42	3.9%	3.79%	7.68%	4	1
$815.00	Oct 30	$37.60	0.48	1.4%	4.68%	6.07%	5	16
$805.00	Oct 30	$41.70	0.52	0.1%	5.19%	5.34%	1	19
$810.00	Oct 30	$39.20	0.50	0.8%	4.88%	5.65%	5	20
$820.00	Oct 30	$34.50	0.47	2.0%	4.29%	6.31%	1	5
$840.00	Oct 30	$27.35	0.40	4.5%	3.40%	7.91%	1	2
$850.00	Oct 30	$24.70	0.37	5.8%	3.07%	8.82%	--	11
$830.00	Oct 30	$30.45	0.43	3.3%	3.79%	7.05%	1	5
$845.00	Oct 30	$25.75	0.38	5.1%	3.20%	8.33%	2	17

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 6,774

Total Puts 9,877

Put/Call Ratio 1.46

Net Difference -3,103

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 12,575

Total Puts 14,317

Put/Call Ratio 1.14

Net Difference -1,742

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 61,691

Total Puts 76,560

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.27

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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