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CATERPILLAR INC

$649.24 -8.99%

(10/29 09:35) ◀

Thursday, October 29, 2026 (9:40am)

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◀ 10/29 09:40 ▶

Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/29 9:40am) 6,279

Calls: 3,864 (62%)

Puts: 2,415 (38%)

Prior (10/08) 576

Calls: 355 (62%)

Puts: 221 (38%)

Current vs Prior +990.10%

Calls: +988.45% (Calls)

Puts: +992.76% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 132,637

Calls: 70,993 (54%)

Puts: 61,644 (46%)

Prior 7-Day Average 18,948

Calls: 10,141 (54%)

Puts: 8,806 (46%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -66.86%

Calls: -61.90%

Puts: -72.58%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/29 9:40am) $10.15M

Calls: $3.85M (38%)

Puts: $6.29M (62%)

Prior (10/08) $797.6K

Calls: $559.4K (70%)

Puts: $238.3K (30%)

Current vs Prior +1172.28%

Calls: +589.03%

Puts: +2541.60%

Prior 7-Day Total $264.51M

Calls: $178.81M (68%)

Puts: $85.70M (32%)

Prior 7-Day Average $37.79M

Calls: $25.54M (68%)

Puts: $12.24M (32%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -73.14%

Calls: -84.91%

Puts: -48.59%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/29 9:40am) 0.62

Prior (10/08) 0.62

Current vs Prior +0.40%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.85

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -26.81%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/29 9:40am) 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 1,651,873

Calls: 818,118 (50%)

Puts: 833,755 (50%)

Prior 7-Day Average 235,981

Calls: 116,874 (50%)

Puts: 119,107 (50%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +8.30%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 3.62% | 5.97%9.03% | 11.73%

Prior 6.25% | 7.97%9.91% | 13.27%

Current vs Prior -42.03% | -25.08%-8.84% | -11.66%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.89% | 5.14%5.86% | 12.54%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +25.28% | +16.29%+54.18% | -6.51%

Prior 7-Day Eod 6.25% | 7.97%9.57% | 12.74%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -42.03% | -25.08%-5.61% | -7.95%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 23.91% | 21.29%

Calls: 29.63% | 21.99%

Puts: 18.18% | 20.59%

Prior 28.11% | 27.09%

Calls: 26.14% | 27.06%

Puts: 30.07% | 27.12%

Current vs Prior -14.94% | -21.41%

Prior 7-Day Avg 38.21% | 18.35%

Calls: 43.32% | 18.96%

Puts: 33.11% | 17.73%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -37.43% | +16.03%

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Moderately bearish flow with 62% put dollar volume ($6.29M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 1172% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 990% vs prior - elevated interest. Bullish P/C ratio of 0.62.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Current BULLISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

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Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
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09:35	BEARISH	BULLISH	BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 27 of results (avg 8.9%, best 6.6%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$650.00	Nov 27	28.55	31.45	$30.00	9.7%	2	0.52	--
$550.00	Nov 20	96.60	106.60	$101.60	9.8%	--	0.93	16
$520.00	Nov 20	122.90	135.65	$129.28	9.9%	--	0.93	109
$640.00	Nov 20	30.70	33.90	$32.30	9.9%	21	0.57	39

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$670.00	Nov 20	35.85	38.30	$37.08	6.6%	14	0.61	334
$760.00	Nov 20	109.10	116.60	$112.85	6.6%	9	0.94	530
$750.00	Nov 20	100.25	107.20	$103.73	6.7%	26	0.92	706
$770.00	Nov 20	118.70	127.00	$122.85	6.8%	1	0.95	420
$715.00	Oct 30	64.15	68.85	$66.50	7.1%	10	1.00	129

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. 211 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$550.00	Nov 6	93.50	103.50	$98.50	10.2%	--	1.00	20
$530.00	Nov 20	112.65	125.45	$119.05	10.8%	--	1.00	44
$560.00	Oct 30	81.10	91.10	$86.10	11.6%	3	1.00	1
$550.00	Oct 30	90.95	100.80	$95.88	10.3%	7	0.99	--
$587.50	Oct 30	53.60	63.40	$58.50	16.8%	1	0.98	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$705.00	Oct 30	53.40	59.05	$56.22	10.0%	7	1.00	64
$710.00	Oct 30	58.05	67.85	$62.95	15.6%	1	1.00	151
$715.00	Oct 30	64.15	68.85	$66.50	7.1%	10	1.00	129
$717.50	Oct 30	65.80	75.80	$70.80	14.1%	1	1.00	218
$720.00	Oct 30	68.65	76.85	$72.75	11.3%	2	1.00	228

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 267 active (total vol 4.4K, top 543)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$660.00	Oct 30	5.40	7.10	$6.25	27.2%	543	0.35	501
$662.50	Oct 30	4.15	6.55	$5.35	44.9%	505	0.32	506
$675.00	Oct 30	2.08	2.96	$2.52	34.9%	146	0.18	24
$680.00	Oct 30	1.07	2.51	$1.79	80.4%	143	0.13	72
$750.00	Oct 30	0.01	0.10	$0.06	150.0%	82	0.01	827

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$597.50	Oct 30	0.11	1.21	$0.66	166.7%	136	0.05	37
$592.50	Oct 30	0.00	2.00	$1.00	200.0%	130	0.06	17
$650.00	Oct 30	10.50	12.60	$11.55	18.2%	71	0.51	376
$600.00	Nov 20	7.70	8.80	$8.25	13.3%	70	0.21	943
$595.00	Nov 13	3.25	6.50	$4.88	66.6%	67	0.16	--

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 83.1%, max 122.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$640.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	75.9%	34.2%	122.0%	49	20
$635.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	76.7%	35.2%	117.8%	2	14
$637.50	Oct 30	Nov 13	80.9%	41.2%	96.5%	4	20
$642.50	Oct 30	Nov 13	80.1%	43.4%	84.6%	17	12
$675.00	Oct 30	Nov 27	70.2%	38.4%	83.1%	146	40

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$640.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	75.9%	34.2%	122.0%	54	871
$635.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	76.7%	35.2%	117.8%	18	197
$630.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	74.7%	35.8%	108.8%	25	198
$637.50	Oct 30	Nov 13	80.9%	41.2%	96.5%	11	53
$627.50	Oct 30	Nov 13	78.7%	42.8%	84.1%	14	26

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 239 found (best R:R 0.83, avg 5.34)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$600.00	$620.00	Nov 20	$10.95	$9.05	$10.95	79%	0.83	$610.95
$600.00	$635.00	Dec 4	$21.55	$13.45	$21.55	76%	0.62	$621.55
$640.00	$655.00	Dec 4	$5.72	$9.28	$5.72	54%	1.62	$645.72
$640.00	$645.00	Nov 27	$1.02	$3.98	$1.02	57%	3.90	$641.02
$690.00	$700.00	Nov 13	$0.30	$9.70	$0.30	22%	32.33	$690.30

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$735.00	$732.50	Oct 30	$0.58	$1.92	$0.58	100%	3.31	$734.42
$680.00	$675.00	Nov 27	$1.25	$3.75	$1.25	65%	3.00	$678.75
$660.00	$655.00	Nov 27	$0.73	$4.27	$0.73	54%	5.85	$659.27
$712.50	$710.00	Oct 30	$0.75	$1.75	$0.75	94%	2.33	$711.75
$737.50	$735.00	Nov 6	$0.63	$1.87	$0.63	91%	2.97	$736.87

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 178 found (best R:R 0.35, avg 0.60)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$752.50	$755.00	Oct 30	$2.04	$2.04	$0.46	92%	4.43	$754.54
$707.50	$710.00	Oct 30	$2.06	$2.06	$0.44	89%	4.68	$709.56
$702.50	$705.00	Oct 30	$1.99	$1.99	$0.51	88%	3.90	$704.49
$737.50	$740.00	Oct 30	$1.91	$1.91	$0.59	92%	3.24	$739.41
$745.00	$747.50	Oct 30	$1.90	$1.90	$0.60	92%	3.17	$746.90

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$600.00	$570.00	Dec 4	$7.85	$7.85	$22.15	74%	0.35	$592.15
$540.00	$530.00	Oct 30	$2.12	$2.12	$7.88	94%	0.27	$537.88
$640.00	$630.00	Nov 20	$5.81	$5.81	$4.19	57%	1.39	$634.19
$560.00	$550.00	Nov 20	$2.27	$2.27	$7.73	90%	0.29	$557.73
$570.00	$550.00	Nov 13	$2.03	$2.03	$17.97	91%	0.11	$567.97

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 16 found (avg debit $8.01, cheapest $10.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$637.50	Oct 30	Nov 13	$11.57	80.9%	41.2%
$642.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$7.30	80.1%	46.0%
$647.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$7.12	79.7%	47.6%
$640.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$6.51	75.9%	47.4%
$635.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$8.09	76.7%	49.2%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$637.50	Oct 30	Nov 13	$10.00	80.9%	41.2%
$640.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$7.43	75.9%	47.4%
$635.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$7.50	76.7%	49.2%
$645.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$7.82	72.9%	47.0%
$660.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$7.85	69.8%	44.3%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 99 found (cheapest 3.28% of stock, avg 7.71%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$655.00	Oct 30	$6.82	$14.50	$21.32	$633.68	$676.32	3.28%
$645.00	Oct 30	$12.90	$9.23	$22.13	$622.87	$667.13	3.41%
$650.00	Oct 30	$10.80	$11.55	$22.35	$627.65	$672.35	3.44%
$640.00	Oct 30	$16.02	$7.45	$23.47	$616.53	$663.47	3.61%
$647.50	Oct 30	$11.98	$11.43	$23.41	$624.09	$670.91	3.61%
$642.50	Oct 30	$14.35	$9.20	$23.55	$618.95	$666.05	3.63%
$660.00	Oct 30	$6.25	$17.73	$23.98	$636.02	$683.98	3.69%
$637.50	Oct 30	$17.13	$7.33	$24.46	$613.04	$661.96	3.77%
$635.00	Oct 30	$18.83	$5.90	$24.73	$610.27	$659.73	3.81%
$662.50	Oct 30	$5.35	$19.77	$25.12	$637.38	$687.62	3.87%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 151 found (cheapest 1.88% of stock, avg 4.94%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$665.00	$637.50	Oct 30	$4.85	$7.33	$12.18	$625.32	$677.18
$662.50	$637.50	Oct 30	$5.35	$7.33	$12.68	$624.82	$675.18
$665.00	$640.00	Oct 30	$4.85	$7.45	$12.30	$627.70	$677.30
$662.50	$640.00	Oct 30	$5.35	$7.45	$12.80	$627.20	$675.30
$660.00	$637.50	Oct 30	$6.25	$7.33	$13.58	$623.92	$673.58
$660.00	$640.00	Oct 30	$6.25	$7.45	$13.70	$626.30	$673.70
$655.00	$640.00	Oct 30	$6.82	$7.45	$14.27	$625.73	$669.27
$655.00	$637.50	Oct 30	$6.82	$7.33	$14.15	$623.35	$669.15
$665.00	$642.50	Oct 30	$4.85	$9.20	$14.05	$628.45	$679.05
$662.50	$642.50	Oct 30	$5.35	$9.20	$14.55	$627.95	$677.05

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 309 found (best R:R 2.76, avg credit $2.36)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
590/595	700/705	Nov 13	$3.67	$1.33	64%	2.76	$591.33	$703.67
620/625	700/705	Nov 13	$4.39	$0.61	47%	7.20	$620.61	$704.39
530/540	688/690	Oct 30	$3.48	$6.52	80%	0.53	$536.52	$690.98
600/605	700/705	Nov 13	$3.44	$1.56	59%	2.21	$601.56	$703.44
590/595	725/730	Nov 13	$2.75	$2.25	72%	1.22	$592.25	$727.75
590/592	688/690	Oct 30	$1.80	$0.70	80%	2.57	$590.70	$689.30
595/598	700/705	Nov 13	$3.16	$1.84	62%	1.72	$594.34	$703.16
550/560	700/705	Nov 20	$4.61	$5.39	66%	0.86	$555.39	$704.61
620/625	725/730	Nov 13	$3.47	$1.53	55%	2.27	$621.53	$728.47
588/590	688/690	Oct 30	$1.61	$0.89	83%	1.81	$588.39	$689.11

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 166 found (best R:R 26.78, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$730.00	$735.00	$740.00	Nov 27	$0.06	$4.94	2%	82.33
$725.00	$730.00	$735.00	Nov 27	$0.09	$4.91	3%	54.56
$712.50	$715.00	$717.50	Nov 6	$0.07	$2.43	2%	34.71
$710.00	$712.50	$715.00	Nov 6	$0.07	$2.43	2%	34.71
$722.50	$725.00	$727.50	Oct 30	$0.12	$2.38	1%	19.83

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$745.00	$750.00	$755.00	Oct 30	$0.18	$4.82	9%	26.78
$650.00	$660.00	$670.00	Nov 20	$0.65	$9.35	12%	14.38
$630.00	$632.50	$635.00	Oct 30	$0.11	$2.39	6%	21.73
$657.50	$660.00	$662.50	Oct 30	$0.11	$2.39	5%	21.73
$667.50	$670.00	$672.50	Oct 30	$0.18	$2.32	4%	12.89

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 152 found (best net $-9.45, 128 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$605.00	$625.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$9.45	$10.55
$600.00	$635.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$17.85	$17.15
$725.00	$760.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$0.51	$34.49
$670.00	$695.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$4.66	$20.34
$745.00	$750.00	1:2	Nov 6	$0.00	$5.00

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$570.00	$550.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$1.54	$18.46
$630.00	$610.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$6.60	$13.40
$590.00	$587.50	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.06	$2.44
$592.50	$590.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.12	$2.38
$540.00	$530.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.40	$9.60

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 95 found (best yield 2.31%, avg 0.95%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$695.00	Dec 11	$15.00	0.32	7.0%	2.31%	9.36%	2	--
$655.00	Dec 4	$26.85	0.47	0.9%	4.14%	5.02%	--	10
$650.00	Nov 27	$28.55	0.52	0.1%	4.40%	4.51%	2	--
$670.00	Dec 4	$19.65	0.40	3.2%	3.03%	6.22%	1	--
$665.00	Nov 27	$18.65	0.43	2.4%	2.87%	5.30%	--	26
$655.00	Nov 27	$22.30	0.49	0.9%	3.43%	4.32%	1	--
$670.00	Nov 27	$16.60	0.41	3.2%	2.56%	5.75%	5	3
$650.00	Nov 20	$24.05	0.51	0.1%	3.70%	3.82%	26	44
$675.00	Nov 27	$14.65	0.38	4.0%	2.26%	6.22%	--	16
$695.00	Dec 4	$11.00	0.29	7.0%	1.69%	8.74%	2	5

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 3,864

Total Puts 2,415

Put/Call Ratio 0.62

Net Difference 1,449

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 355

Total Puts 221

Put/Call Ratio 0.62

Net Difference 134

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 70,993

Total Puts 61,644

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.85

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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