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CATERPILLAR INC

$641.34 -10.10%

(10/28 18:01) ◀

Thursday, October 29, 2026 (9:35am)

▶ (10/29 09:40)

◀ 10/29 09:35 ▶

Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/29 9:35am) 3,477

Calls: 2,506 (72%)

Puts: 971 (28%)

Prior (10/08) 329

Calls: 159 (48%)

Puts: 170 (52%)

Current vs Prior +956.84%

Calls: +1476.10% (Calls)

Puts: +471.18% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 130,320

Calls: 66,908 (51%)

Puts: 63,412 (49%)

Prior 7-Day Average 18,617

Calls: 9,558 (51%)

Puts: 9,058 (49%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -81.32%

Calls: -73.78%

Puts: -89.28%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/29 9:35am) $5.44M

Calls: $2.24M (41%)

Puts: $3.20M (59%)

Prior (10/08) $513.1K

Calls: $327.0K (64%)

Puts: $186.1K (36%)

Current vs Prior +959.72%

Calls: +585.32%

Puts: +1617.63%

Prior 7-Day Total $265.19M

Calls: $182.51M (69%)

Puts: $82.68M (31%)

Prior 7-Day Average $37.88M

Calls: $26.07M (69%)

Puts: $11.81M (31%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -85.65%

Calls: -91.40%

Puts: -72.94%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/29 9:35am) 0.39

Prior (10/08) 1.07

Current vs Prior -63.76%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.99

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -60.89%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/29 9:35am) 255,564

Calls: 132,535 (52%)

Puts: 123,029 (48%)

Prior (10/08) 245,262

Calls: 120,303 (49%)

Puts: 124,959 (51%)

Current vs Prior +4.20%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,638,958

Calls: 810,033 (49%)

Puts: 828,925 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 234,136

Calls: 115,719 (49%)

Puts: 118,417 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +9.15%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

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

Current 3.97% | 6.07%8.94% | 12.30%

Prior 2.03% | 4.57%4.57% | 12.12%

Current vs Prior +95.45% | +32.83%+95.58% | +1.51%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.38% | 4.68%5.31% | 12.51%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +66.76% | +29.90%+68.50% | -1.66%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.03% | 4.57%9.57% | 12.74%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +95.45% | +32.83%-6.53% | -3.46%

Sentiment BEARISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 36.25% | 30.13%

Calls: 17.81% | 22.57%

Puts: 54.69% | 37.69%

Prior 60.91% | 13.82%

Calls: 80.45% | 14.19%

Puts: 41.36% | 13.45%

Current vs Prior -40.49% | +118.02%

Prior 7-Day Avg 39.86% | 17.70%

Calls: 44.26% | 18.61%

Puts: 35.46% | 16.79%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -9.05% | +70.23%

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Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 960% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 957% vs prior - elevated interest. Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.39 - heavy call buying (2,506 calls vs 971 puts). P/C ratio dropping 64% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

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Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BULLISH

Prior NEUTRAL

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
09:35	BEARISH	BULLISH	BULLISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 34 of results (avg 8.2%, best 4.3%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$540.00	Oct 30	97.10	105.35	$101.23	8.1%	5	0.93	1
$540.00	Nov 20	99.25	108.40	$103.83	8.8%	--	0.94	15
$550.00	Oct 30	87.15	95.65	$91.40	9.3%	7	0.97	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$700.00	Oct 30	57.45	60.00	$58.73	4.3%	24	0.94	386
$740.00	Oct 30	97.35	103.15	$100.25	5.8%	1	1.00	114
$745.00	Oct 30	102.20	108.55	$105.38	6.0%	--	0.90	134
$765.00	Nov 6	120.40	128.15	$124.28	6.2%	--	0.96	72
$760.00	Nov 20	116.35	124.35	$120.35	6.6%	5	0.94	530

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. 192 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$550.00	Nov 6	86.35	96.35	$91.35	10.9%	--	1.00	20
$560.00	Oct 30	75.85	85.85	$80.85	12.4%	1	0.99	1
$550.00	Oct 30	87.15	95.65	$91.40	9.3%	7	0.97	--
$587.50	Oct 30	49.25	59.25	$54.25	18.4%	1	0.97	--
$595.00	Oct 30	42.70	52.70	$47.70	21.0%	--	0.96	73

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$710.00	Oct 30	65.90	74.25	$70.08	11.9%	--	1.00	151
$715.00	Oct 30	71.65	77.00	$74.33	7.2%	5	1.00	129
$717.50	Oct 30	74.45	84.00	$79.22	12.1%	--	1.00	218
$720.00	Oct 30	76.75	84.00	$80.38	9.0%	2	1.00	228
$722.50	Oct 30	75.70	85.70	$80.70	12.4%	--	1.00	16

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 181 active (total vol 2.4K, top 521)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$660.00	Oct 30	4.50	5.30	$4.90	16.3%	521	0.27	501
$662.50	Oct 30	2.99	6.35	$4.67	71.9%	501	0.26	506
$750.00	Oct 30	0.04	0.68	$0.36	177.8%	66	0.02	827
$760.00	Oct 30	0.00	0.02	$0.01	200.0%	42	0.00	3.5K
$655.00	Nov 13	13.45	19.85	$16.65	38.4%	36	0.42	3

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$650.00	Oct 30	15.15	17.00	$16.08	11.5%	64	0.61	376
$610.00	Nov 20	11.65	14.55	$13.10	22.1%	48	0.30	223
$600.00	Nov 20	8.25	10.00	$9.13	19.2%	31	0.24	943
$680.00	Dec 4	49.70	59.35	$54.53	17.7%	29	0.66	138
$690.00	Dec 4	57.00	65.80	$61.40	14.3%	29	0.70	127

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 24 strikes (avg 98.2%, max 127.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$635.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	78.9%	37.7%	109.2%	1	14
$665.00	Oct 30	Nov 27	84.4%	40.5%	108.2%	12	36
$645.00	Oct 30	Nov 13	89.1%	43.3%	105.7%	11	14
$640.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	77.7%	38.7%	100.6%	24	20
$655.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	83.6%	41.8%	100.0%	15	23

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$645.00	Oct 30	Nov 27	89.1%	39.3%	127.0%	15	130
$610.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	84.4%	37.9%	122.8%	--	281
$630.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	80.8%	38.0%	112.5%	21	198
$635.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	80.0%	37.7%	112.1%	7	197
$655.00	Oct 30	Nov 27	83.6%	39.6%	110.9%	18	163

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 198 found (best R:R 0.74, avg 4.68)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$600.00	$635.00	Dec 4	$20.12	$14.88	$20.12	72%	0.74	$620.12
$630.00	$635.00	Nov 27	$0.70	$4.30	$0.70	58%	6.14	$630.70
$725.00	$760.00	Dec 4	$2.35	$32.65	$2.35	18%	13.89	$727.35
$630.00	$635.00	Oct 30	$1.08	$3.92	$1.08	65%	3.63	$631.08
$710.00	$720.00	Nov 27	$0.20	$9.80	$0.20	19%	49.00	$710.20

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$722.50	$720.00	Oct 30	$0.32	$2.18	$0.32	100%	6.81	$722.18
$640.00	$630.00	Nov 20	$2.40	$7.60	$2.40	48%	3.17	$637.60
$660.00	$650.00	Nov 20	$3.75	$6.25	$3.75	60%	1.67	$656.25
$730.00	$725.00	Nov 20	$2.75	$2.25	$2.75	88%	0.82	$727.25
$660.00	$655.00	Nov 13	$1.28	$3.72	$1.28	61%	2.91	$658.72

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 152 found (best R:R 2.70, avg 0.80)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$752.50	$755.00	Oct 30	$2.36	$2.36	$0.14	92%	16.86	$754.86
$655.00	$700.00	Dec 4	$16.45	$16.45	$28.55	55%	0.58	$671.45
$737.50	$740.00	Oct 30	$2.27	$2.27	$0.23	91%	9.87	$739.77
$747.50	$750.00	Oct 30	$2.09	$2.09	$0.41	92%	5.10	$749.59
$707.50	$710.00	Oct 30	$1.99	$1.99	$0.51	90%	3.90	$709.49

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$630.00	$620.00	Nov 20	$7.30	$7.30	$2.70	58%	2.70	$622.70
$580.00	$570.00	Nov 6	$3.70	$3.70	$6.30	85%	0.59	$576.30
$560.00	$550.00	Nov 20	$3.63	$3.63	$6.37	87%	0.57	$556.37
$540.00	$530.00	Oct 30	$2.42	$2.42	$7.58	93%	0.32	$537.58
$605.00	$600.00	Nov 27	$3.60	$3.60	$1.40	71%	2.57	$601.40

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 16 found (avg debit $7.60, cheapest $15.87)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$630.00	Oct 30	Nov 20	$15.87	80.8%	43.6%
$645.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$6.90	89.1%	52.4%
$655.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$6.20	83.6%	50.7%
$640.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$6.42	77.7%	47.4%
$642.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$7.65	82.7%	53.4%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$645.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$7.45	89.1%	52.4%
$632.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$6.50	83.1%	49.5%
$655.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$6.40	83.6%	50.7%
$630.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$7.37	80.8%	49.8%
$640.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$7.05	77.7%	47.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 82 found (cheapest 3.55% of stock, avg 7.87%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$637.50	Oct 30	$13.68	$9.10	$22.78	$614.72	$660.28	3.55%
$630.00	Oct 30	$16.73	$7.18	$23.91	$606.09	$653.91	3.73%
$640.00	Oct 30	$12.63	$11.53	$24.16	$615.84	$664.16	3.77%
$642.50	Oct 30	$11.45	$12.80	$24.25	$618.25	$666.75	3.78%
$645.00	Oct 30	$10.70	$13.70	$24.40	$620.60	$669.40	3.80%
$650.00	Oct 30	$8.32	$16.08	$24.40	$625.60	$674.40	3.80%
$635.00	Oct 30	$15.65	$9.40	$25.05	$609.95	$660.05	3.91%
$655.00	Oct 30	$6.88	$20.55	$27.43	$627.57	$682.43	4.28%
$625.00	Oct 30	$22.55	$5.70	$28.25	$596.75	$653.25	4.40%
$660.00	Oct 30	$4.90	$24.00	$28.90	$631.10	$688.90	4.51%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 1.88% of stock, avg 4.98%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$660.00	$630.00	Oct 30	$4.90	$7.18	$12.08	$617.92	$672.08
$655.00	$630.00	Oct 30	$6.88	$7.18	$14.06	$615.94	$669.06
$660.00	$632.50	Oct 30	$4.90	$9.05	$13.95	$618.55	$673.95
$650.00	$630.00	Oct 30	$8.32	$7.18	$15.50	$614.50	$665.50
$655.00	$632.50	Oct 30	$6.88	$9.05	$15.93	$616.57	$670.93
$660.00	$635.00	Oct 30	$4.90	$9.40	$14.30	$620.70	$674.30
$660.00	$637.50	Oct 30	$4.90	$9.10	$14.00	$623.50	$674.00
$650.00	$632.50	Oct 30	$8.32	$9.05	$17.37	$615.13	$667.37
$655.00	$635.00	Oct 30	$6.88	$9.40	$16.28	$618.72	$671.28
$655.00	$637.50	Oct 30	$6.88	$9.10	$15.98	$621.52	$670.98

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 210 found (best R:R 15.67, avg credit $2.75)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
600/605	730/735	Nov 27	$4.70	$0.30	54%	15.67	$600.30	$734.70
550/560	695/700	Nov 20	$5.78	$4.22	64%	1.37	$554.22	$700.78
600/605	745/750	Nov 27	$4.19	$0.81	57%	5.17	$600.81	$749.19
595/600	670/675	Nov 6	$4.43	$0.57	50%	7.77	$595.57	$674.43
550/560	700/705	Nov 20	$5.13	$4.87	67%	1.05	$554.87	$705.13
570/580	670/675	Nov 6	$6.25	$3.75	55%	1.67	$573.75	$676.25
550/560	715/718	Nov 20	$4.61	$5.39	71%	0.86	$555.39	$719.61
590/592	672/675	Oct 30	$2.35	$0.15	73%	15.67	$590.15	$674.85
602/605	678/680	Oct 30	$2.36	$0.14	71%	16.86	$602.64	$679.86
595/598	678/680	Oct 30	$2.26	$0.24	75%	9.42	$595.24	$679.76

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 151 found (best R:R 49.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$645.00	$647.50	$650.00	Nov 6	$0.07	$2.43	4%	34.71
$727.50	$730.00	$732.50	Oct 30	$0.05	$2.45	1%	49.00
$700.00	$702.50	$705.00	Nov 6	$0.08	$2.42	4%	30.25
$720.00	$722.50	$725.00	Oct 30	$0.08	$2.42	0%	30.25
$725.00	$727.50	$730.00	Oct 30	$0.10	$2.40	0%	24.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$620.00	$622.50	$625.00	Oct 30	$0.05	$2.45	5%	49.00
$600.00	$605.00	$610.00	Nov 6	$0.13	$4.87	4%	37.46
$680.00	$685.00	$690.00	Nov 27	$0.11	$4.89	3%	44.45
$615.00	$620.00	$625.00	Nov 6	$0.24	$4.76	8%	19.83
$715.00	$717.50	$720.00	Nov 6	$0.05	$2.45	0%	49.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 136 found (best net $-7.50, 110 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$605.00	$625.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$7.50	$12.50
$655.00	$680.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.05	$24.95
$600.00	$635.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$16.71	$18.29
$640.00	$665.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$7.15	$17.85
$725.00	$760.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$2.75	$32.25

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$570.00	$560.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.07	$9.93
$582.50	$580.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.23	$2.27
$570.00	$550.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$2.09	$17.91
$540.00	$530.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.62	$9.38
$550.00	$540.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.83	$9.17

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 90 found (best yield 3.40%, avg 0.82%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$655.00	Dec 4	$21.80	0.45	2.1%	3.40%	5.53%	--	10
$695.00	Dec 11	$11.40	0.30	8.4%	1.78%	10.14%	2	--
$670.00	Nov 27	$14.30	0.37	4.5%	2.23%	6.70%	5	3
$650.00	Nov 20	$20.00	0.46	1.4%	3.12%	4.47%	4	44
$675.00	Nov 27	$11.70	0.35	5.2%	1.82%	7.07%	--	16
$665.00	Nov 27	$14.20	0.39	3.7%	2.21%	5.90%	--	26
$660.00	Nov 20	$14.55	0.40	2.9%	2.27%	5.18%	--	56
$670.00	Nov 20	$11.55	0.34	4.5%	1.80%	6.27%	13	77
$680.00	Nov 27	$8.80	0.32	6.0%	1.37%	7.40%	--	12
$690.00	Nov 20	$6.95	0.26	7.6%	1.08%	8.67%	--	81

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 2,506

Total Puts 971

Put/Call Ratio 0.39

Net Difference 1,535

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 159

Total Puts 170

Put/Call Ratio 1.07

Net Difference -11

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 66,908

Total Puts 63,412

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.99

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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Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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