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CAT

CATERPILLAR INC

$715.49 +0.31%

(10/27 18:06) ◀

Wednesday, October 28, 2026 (2:05pm)

▶ (10/28 18:01)

◀ 10/28 14:05 ▶

Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/28 2:05pm) 12,838

Calls: 8,277 (64%)

Puts: 4,561 (36%)

Prior (10/08) 4,718

Calls: 2,697 (57%)

Puts: 2,021 (43%)

Current vs Prior +172.11%

Calls: +206.90% (Calls)

Puts: +125.68% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 135,724

Calls: 69,215 (51%)

Puts: 66,509 (49%)

Prior 7-Day Average 19,389

Calls: 9,887 (51%)

Puts: 9,501 (49%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -33.79%

Calls: -16.29%

Puts: -52.00%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/28 2:05pm) $28.54M

Calls: $15.64M (55%)

Puts: $12.90M (45%)

Prior (10/08) $5.92M

Calls: $3.35M (57%)

Puts: $2.57M (43%)

Current vs Prior +382.17%

Calls: +367.50%

Puts: +401.24%

Prior 7-Day Total $284.19M

Calls: $196.62M (69%)

Puts: $87.56M (31%)

Prior 7-Day Average $40.60M

Calls: $28.09M (69%)

Puts: $12.51M (31%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -29.70%

Calls: -44.31%

Puts: +3.10%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/28 2:05pm) 0.55

Prior (10/08) 0.75

Current vs Prior -26.46%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.03

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -46.50%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/28 2:05pm) 241,348

Calls: 120,866 (50%)

Puts: 120,482 (50%)

Prior (10/08) 245,262

Calls: 120,303 (49%)

Puts: 124,959 (51%)

Current vs Prior -1.60%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,618,637

Calls: 800,780 (49%)

Puts: 817,857 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 231,233

Calls: 114,397 (49%)

Puts: 116,836 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +4.37%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

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

Current 6.25% | 7.97%9.91% | 13.27%

Prior 2.47% | 4.63%4.63% | 12.05%

Current vs Prior +153.38% | +72.11%+113.91% | +10.12%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.56% | 4.79%5.57% | 12.63%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +144.45% | +66.52%+77.86% | +5.08%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.47% | 4.63%10.13% | 13.44%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +153.38% | +72.11%-2.22% | -1.25%

Sentiment BEARISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 28.11% | 27.09%

Calls: 26.14% | 27.06%

Puts: 30.07% | 27.12%

Prior 29.18% | 23.64%

Calls: 26.03% | 20.77%

Puts: 32.32% | 26.51%

Current vs Prior -3.67% | +14.59%

Prior 7-Day Avg 34.78% | 17.72%

Calls: 34.19% | 17.41%

Puts: 35.38% | 18.02%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -19.19% | +52.92%

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Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 382% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 172% vs prior - elevated interest. Bullish P/C ratio of 0.55. P/C ratio dropping 26% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
14:05	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:35	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:30	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:25	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:20	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:15	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:10	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:05	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:00	BEARISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:55	BEARISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:50	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:45	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:40	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:35	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 7 of results (avg 9.2%, best 7.0%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$740.00	Nov 20	22.90	24.55	$23.73	7.0%	67	0.41	652
$620.00	Nov 20	98.45	108.45	$103.45	9.7%	--	0.89	75

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$850.00	Oct 30	126.50	138.70	$132.60	9.2%	4	1.00	--
$805.00	Nov 27	92.35	101.45	$96.90	9.4%	--	0.81	12
$820.00	Oct 30	99.05	109.05	$104.05	9.6%	3	1.00	70
$815.00	Nov 13	97.50	107.50	$102.50	9.8%	1	0.90	21
$815.00	Nov 6	96.20	106.20	$101.20	9.9%	--	0.93	11

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. 218 found (avg delta 0.73, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$595.00	Oct 30	114.35	129.35	$121.85	12.3%	--	0.99	73
$600.00	Oct 30	112.00	124.05	$118.03	10.2%	1	0.99	34
$605.00	Oct 30	104.45	119.45	$111.95	13.4%	--	0.98	10
$625.00	Oct 30	87.65	97.65	$92.65	10.8%	--	0.98	40
$635.00	Oct 30	77.70	87.65	$82.68	12.0%	--	0.97	12

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$815.00	Oct 30	94.85	104.85	$99.85	10.0%	--	1.00	37
$820.00	Oct 30	99.05	109.05	$104.05	9.6%	3	1.00	70
$825.00	Oct 30	101.75	116.35	$109.05	13.4%	--	1.00	96
$850.00	Oct 30	126.50	138.70	$132.60	9.2%	4	1.00	--
$850.00	Nov 6	126.75	141.65	$134.20	11.1%	--	1.00	26

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 367 active (total vol 7.2K, top 602)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$720.00	Oct 30	18.05	23.10	$20.58	24.5%	602	0.50	374
$850.00	Nov 20	2.60	3.55	$3.08	30.8%	233	0.08	664
$800.00	Oct 30	1.09	1.60	$1.35	37.8%	221	0.06	687
$750.00	Oct 30	8.30	9.85	$9.07	17.1%	203	0.29	463
$717.50	Oct 30	18.20	23.80	$21.00	26.7%	182	0.52	32

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$717.50	Oct 30	18.50	25.05	$21.78	30.1%	140	0.49	23
$650.00	Oct 30	0.93	2.99	$1.96	105.1%	136	0.08	200
$680.00	Oct 30	5.85	8.40	$7.13	35.8%	115	0.23	136
$640.00	Oct 30	0.00	1.71	$0.86	198.8%	103	0.04	793
$685.00	Oct 30	6.85	11.65	$9.25	51.9%	99	0.26	85

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 64 strikes (avg 112.8%, max 145.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$695.00	Oct 30	Nov 27	103.4%	42.1%	145.7%	22	70
$705.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	102.3%	41.8%	144.8%	10	42
$710.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	98.1%	40.8%	140.4%	33	68
$715.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	99.8%	41.5%	140.4%	137	415
$700.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	99.7%	41.7%	139.4%	31	309

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$705.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	102.3%	41.8%	144.8%	22	81
$685.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	102.5%	42.0%	144.3%	99	101
$695.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	103.4%	42.5%	143.4%	27	264
$690.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	101.2%	41.9%	141.7%	25	352
$715.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	99.8%	41.5%	140.4%	23	95

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 327 found (best R:R 0.52, avg 4.53)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$655.00	$700.00	Dec 4	$29.65	$15.35	$29.65	77%	0.52	$684.65
$710.00	$715.00	Nov 13	$0.88	$4.12	$0.88	56%	4.68	$710.88
$695.00	$697.50	Oct 30	$0.17	$2.33	$0.17	67%	13.71	$695.17
$705.00	$710.00	Nov 6	$1.45	$3.55	$1.45	59%	2.45	$706.45
$750.00	$755.00	Nov 6	$0.22	$4.78	$0.22	33%	21.73	$750.22

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$725.00	$720.00	Nov 20	$1.00	$4.00	$1.00	52%	4.00	$724.00
$755.00	$750.00	Oct 30	$2.40	$2.60	$2.40	75%	1.08	$752.60
$780.00	$775.00	Nov 13	$2.75	$2.25	$2.75	79%	0.82	$777.25
$725.00	$720.00	Nov 13	$1.48	$3.52	$1.48	52%	2.38	$723.52
$737.50	$735.00	Nov 6	$0.45	$2.05	$0.45	60%	4.56	$737.05

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 263 found (best R:R 3.72, avg 0.62)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$810.00	$815.00	Nov 13	$2.50	$2.50	$2.50	84%	1.00	$812.50
$845.00	$850.00	Oct 30	$1.71	$1.71	$3.29	94%	0.52	$846.71
$810.00	$820.00	Nov 20	$2.79	$2.79	$7.21	83%	0.39	$812.79
$785.00	$790.00	Nov 6	$2.30	$2.30	$2.70	80%	0.85	$787.30
$835.00	$840.00	Oct 30	$1.54	$1.54	$3.46	94%	0.45	$836.54

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$597.50	$595.00	Oct 30	$1.97	$1.97	$0.53	94%	3.72	$595.53
$607.50	$605.00	Oct 30	$1.77	$1.77	$0.73	94%	2.42	$605.73
$642.50	$640.00	Oct 30	$1.80	$1.80	$0.70	91%	2.57	$640.70
$590.00	$587.50	Oct 30	$1.67	$1.67	$0.83	95%	2.01	$588.33
$665.00	$640.00	Dec 4	$6.62	$6.62	$18.38	73%	0.36	$658.38

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 37 found (avg debit $6.57, cheapest $7.25)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$747.50	Oct 30	Nov 13	$7.25	103.1%	50.1%
$742.50	Oct 30	Nov 20	$12.60	99.2%	49.0%
$737.50	Oct 30	Nov 13	$9.98	95.3%	51.3%
$695.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$8.00	103.4%	61.6%
$740.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$5.67	102.9%	62.8%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$707.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$5.37	103.2%	61.1%
$695.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$5.20	103.4%	61.6%
$740.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$4.78	102.9%	62.8%
$717.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$5.87	100.1%	60.4%
$712.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$6.05	100.3%	61.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 144 found (cheapest 5.98% of stock, avg 9.11%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$717.50	Oct 30	$21.00	$21.78	$42.78	$674.72	$760.28	5.98%
$710.00	Oct 30	$25.38	$17.67	$43.05	$666.95	$753.05	6.02%
$712.50	Oct 30	$23.95	$19.33	$43.28	$669.22	$755.78	6.05%
$722.50	Oct 30	$18.92	$24.35	$43.27	$679.23	$765.77	6.05%
$715.00	Oct 30	$22.95	$20.45	$43.40	$671.60	$758.40	6.07%
$720.00	Oct 30	$20.58	$22.95	$43.53	$676.47	$763.53	6.08%
$725.00	Oct 30	$17.98	$25.73	$43.71	$681.29	$768.71	6.11%
$707.50	Oct 30	$26.65	$17.63	$44.28	$663.22	$751.78	6.19%
$727.50	Oct 30	$16.70	$27.75	$44.45	$683.05	$771.95	6.21%
$705.00	Oct 30	$28.15	$16.35	$44.50	$660.50	$749.50	6.22%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 4.74% of stock, avg 7.38%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$730.00	$710.00	Oct 30	$16.27	$17.67	$33.94	$676.06	$763.94
$730.00	$707.50	Oct 30	$16.27	$17.63	$33.90	$673.60	$763.90
$727.50	$710.00	Oct 30	$16.70	$17.67	$34.37	$675.63	$761.87
$727.50	$707.50	Oct 30	$16.70	$17.63	$34.33	$673.17	$761.83
$727.50	$712.50	Oct 30	$16.70	$19.33	$36.03	$676.47	$763.53
$725.00	$710.00	Oct 30	$17.98	$17.67	$35.65	$674.35	$760.65
$730.00	$712.50	Oct 30	$16.27	$19.33	$35.60	$676.90	$765.60
$725.00	$707.50	Oct 30	$17.98	$17.63	$35.61	$671.89	$760.61
$725.00	$712.50	Oct 30	$17.98	$19.33	$37.31	$675.19	$762.31
$722.50	$710.00	Oct 30	$18.92	$17.67	$36.59	$673.41	$759.09

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 46 found (best R:R 10.90, avg credit $2.65)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
625/628	742/745	Oct 30	$2.29	$0.21	60%	10.90	$625.21	$744.79
615/618	742/745	Oct 30	$2.23	$0.27	60%	8.26	$615.27	$744.73
620/625	760/765	Nov 27	$3.33	$1.67	51%	1.99	$621.67	$763.33
620/625	770/775	Nov 27	$3.02	$1.98	55%	1.53	$621.98	$773.02
620/625	765/770	Nov 27	$3.08	$1.92	53%	1.60	$621.92	$768.08
645/650	760/765	Nov 27	$3.41	$1.59	45%	2.14	$646.59	$763.41
600/610	790/800	Dec 4	$4.32	$5.68	63%	0.76	$605.68	$794.32
645/650	770/775	Nov 27	$3.10	$1.90	49%	1.63	$646.90	$773.10
645/650	765/770	Nov 27	$3.16	$1.84	47%	1.72	$646.84	$768.16
635/640	760/765	Nov 27	$2.93	$2.07	48%	1.42	$637.07	$762.93

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 205 found (best R:R 40.67, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$650.00	$660.00	$670.00	Nov 20	$0.24	$9.76	8%	40.67
$740.00	$745.00	$750.00	Nov 6	$0.05	$4.95	6%	99.00
$675.00	$680.00	$685.00	Nov 6	$0.08	$4.92	5%	61.50
$765.00	$770.00	$775.00	Nov 27	$0.06	$4.94	4%	82.33
$785.00	$790.00	$795.00	Nov 27	$0.05	$4.95	3%	99.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$680.00	$685.00	$690.00	Nov 27	$0.10	$4.90	4%	49.00
$680.00	$685.00	$690.00	Nov 13	$0.13	$4.87	5%	37.46
$657.50	$660.00	$662.50	Oct 30	$0.11	$2.39	3%	21.73
$740.00	$745.00	$750.00	Nov 6	$0.24	$4.76	6%	19.83
$630.00	$635.00	$640.00	Nov 27	$0.17	$4.83	4%	28.41

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 124 found (best net $-1.60, 114 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$655.00	$700.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$19.00	$26.00
$760.00	$790.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$5.82	$24.18
$830.00	$840.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.37	$9.63
$807.50	$810.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.12	$2.38
$840.00	$845.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.41	$4.59

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$805.00	$735.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$1.60	$68.40
$665.00	$640.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$3.56	$21.44
$620.00	$615.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.12	$4.88
$602.50	$600.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.03	$2.47
$587.50	$585.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.07	$2.43

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 134 found (best yield 4.54%, avg 1.65%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$725.00	Dec 4	$32.45	0.50	1.3%	4.54%	5.86%	--	11
$740.00	Dec 4	$25.70	0.44	3.4%	3.59%	7.02%	1	2
$725.00	Nov 27	$31.15	0.49	1.3%	4.35%	5.68%	2	26
$760.00	Dec 4	$18.65	0.36	6.2%	2.61%	8.83%	--	12
$735.00	Nov 27	$25.80	0.45	2.7%	3.61%	6.33%	--	21
$730.00	Nov 20	$27.00	0.46	2.0%	3.77%	5.80%	17	178
$740.00	Nov 27	$22.95	0.43	3.4%	3.21%	6.63%	3	12
$722.50	Nov 20	$29.75	0.50	1.0%	4.16%	5.14%	--	18
$740.00	Nov 20	$22.90	0.41	3.4%	3.20%	6.63%	67	652
$760.00	Nov 27	$17.75	0.34	6.2%	2.48%	8.70%	--	23

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 8,277

Total Puts 4,561

Put/Call Ratio 0.55

Net Difference 3,716

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 2,697

Total Puts 2,021

Put/Call Ratio 0.75

Net Difference 676

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 69,215

Total Puts 66,509

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.03

Ratio Trend Falling

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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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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