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CATERPILLAR INC

$653.79 -8.35%

(10/29 09:40) ◀

Thursday, October 29, 2026 (9:45am)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/29 9:45am) 8,417

Calls: 5,332 (63%)

Puts: 3,085 (37%)

Prior (10/08) 786

Calls: 437 (56%)

Puts: 349 (44%)

Current vs Prior +970.87%

Calls: +1120.14% (Calls)

Puts: +783.95% (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 -55.58%

Calls: -47.43%

Puts: -64.97%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/29 9:45am) $13.35M

Calls: $5.53M (41%)

Puts: $7.82M (59%)

Prior (10/08) $1.78M

Calls: $897.7K (50%)

Puts: $880.1K (50%)

Current vs Prior +650.71%

Calls: +515.69%

Puts: +788.43%

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 -64.68%

Calls: -78.36%

Puts: -36.13%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/29 9:45am) 0.58

Prior (10/08) 0.80

Current vs Prior -27.55%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.85

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -32.24%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/29 9:45am) 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

ℹ

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

Current 3.65% | 5.74%8.92% | 12.24%

Prior 6.25% | 7.97%9.91% | 13.27%

Current vs Prior -41.57% | -28.02%-9.91% | -7.80%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg +26.26% | +11.73%+52.38% | -2.43%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -41.57% | -28.02%-6.71% | -3.94%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 36.89% | 30.52%

Calls: 32.17% | 36.72%

Puts: 41.60% | 24.31%

Prior 28.11% | 27.09%

Calls: 26.14% | 27.06%

Puts: 30.07% | 27.12%

Current vs Prior +31.23% | +12.66%

Prior 7-Day Avg 38.21% | 18.35%

Calls: 43.32% | 18.96%

Puts: 33.11% | 17.73%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -3.46% | +66.33%

Liquidity Expensive

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Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 651% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 971% vs prior - elevated interest. Bullish P/C ratio of 0.58. P/C ratio dropping 28% - 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 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
09:45	BEARISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:40	BEARISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 38 of results (avg 8.6%, best 4.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$650.00	Nov 6	20.00	21.40	$20.70	6.8%	70	0.53	1
$530.00	Nov 20	118.50	128.35	$123.43	8.0%	--	1.00	44
$540.00	Oct 30	106.25	116.05	$111.15	8.8%	5	1.00	1
$550.00	Oct 30	96.25	105.30	$100.78	9.0%	8	1.00	--
$550.00	Nov 20	99.10	108.70	$103.90	9.2%	--	0.94	16

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$780.00	Oct 30	124.20	130.25	$127.23	4.8%	--	1.00	69
$760.00	Nov 6	104.35	111.25	$107.80	6.4%	--	0.94	73
$770.00	Oct 30	113.50	121.65	$117.58	6.9%	--	1.00	111
$780.00	Nov 27	125.00	134.80	$129.90	7.5%	1	0.92	38
$775.00	Oct 30	118.40	127.70	$123.05	7.6%	--	1.00	41

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 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$540.00	Oct 30	106.25	116.05	$111.15	8.8%	5	1.00	1
$550.00	Oct 30	96.25	105.30	$100.78	9.0%	8	1.00	--
$560.00	Oct 30	86.25	96.05	$91.15	10.8%	3	1.00	1
$587.50	Oct 30	59.30	68.85	$64.07	14.9%	1	1.00	--
$595.00	Oct 30	51.45	61.45	$56.45	17.7%	--	1.00	73

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$755.00	Oct 30	97.70	107.70	$102.70	9.7%	--	1.00	71
$765.00	Oct 30	108.05	118.95	$113.50	9.6%	--	1.00	97
$770.00	Oct 30	113.50	121.65	$117.58	6.9%	--	1.00	111
$775.00	Oct 30	118.40	127.70	$123.05	7.6%	--	1.00	41
$780.00	Oct 30	124.20	130.25	$127.23	4.8%	--	1.00	69

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 329 active (total vol 5.7K, top 592)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$660.00	Oct 30	7.15	8.60	$7.88	18.4%	592	0.40	501
$662.50	Oct 30	5.85	7.85	$6.85	29.2%	517	0.37	506
$675.00	Oct 30	2.42	3.95	$3.19	48.0%	170	0.21	24
$680.00	Oct 30	1.80	2.95	$2.38	48.3%	159	0.16	72
$655.00	Nov 13	19.05	24.25	$21.65	24.0%	139	0.50	3

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$597.50	Oct 30	0.00	1.21	$0.61	198.4%	136	0.04	37
$592.50	Oct 30	0.00	1.46	$0.73	200.0%	130	0.05	17
$650.00	Oct 30	7.80	11.55	$9.68	38.7%	86	0.46	376
$600.00	Nov 20	6.70	9.20	$7.95	31.4%	85	0.20	943
$612.50	Oct 30	0.34	1.53	$0.94	126.6%	71	0.07	26

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 27 strikes (avg 75.5%, max 91.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$640.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	67.3%	36.4%	84.9%	56	20
$652.50	Oct 30	Nov 13	75.2%	40.9%	83.8%	1	10
$660.00	Oct 30	Nov 20	73.9%	40.8%	81.1%	596	557
$665.00	Oct 30	Nov 27	72.9%	40.4%	80.3%	49	36
$675.00	Oct 30	Nov 27	70.8%	39.5%	79.1%	170	40

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$625.00	Oct 30	Nov 27	75.8%	39.5%	91.9%	19	110
$660.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	74.6%	40.1%	86.1%	27	506
$640.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	67.3%	36.4%	84.8%	61	871
$687.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	83.3%	45.6%	82.8%	1	39
$645.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	67.9%	37.4%	81.3%	25	104

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 266 found (best R:R 16.86, avg 5.07)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$630.00	$635.00	Nov 6	$0.65	$4.35	$0.65	70%	6.69	$630.65
$630.00	$640.00	Nov 20	$4.09	$5.91	$4.09	66%	1.44	$634.09
$640.00	$645.00	Nov 27	$0.77	$4.23	$0.77	59%	5.49	$640.77
$600.00	$635.00	Dec 4	$23.38	$11.62	$23.38	78%	0.50	$623.38
$705.00	$720.00	Nov 13	$0.46	$14.54	$0.46	17%	31.61	$705.46

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$690.00	$685.00	Nov 13	$0.28	$4.72	$0.28	74%	16.86	$689.72
$760.00	$755.00	Nov 13	$3.08	$1.92	$3.08	95%	0.62	$756.92
$695.00	$692.50	Nov 6	$0.38	$2.12	$0.38	81%	5.58	$694.62
$700.00	$697.50	Oct 30	$0.80	$1.70	$0.80	95%	2.13	$699.20
$700.00	$695.00	Nov 27	$2.25	$2.75	$2.25	72%	1.22	$697.75

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 197 found (best R:R 4.32, avg 0.65)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$745.00	$747.50	Oct 30	$2.03	$2.03	$0.47	92%	4.32	$747.03
$720.00	$722.50	Nov 20	$2.24	$2.24	$0.26	82%	8.62	$722.24
$737.50	$740.00	Oct 30	$1.92	$1.92	$0.58	92%	3.31	$739.42
$715.00	$717.50	Nov 20	$2.13	$2.13	$0.37	80%	5.76	$717.13
$702.50	$705.00	Oct 30	$1.90	$1.90	$0.60	88%	3.17	$704.40

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$650.00	$645.00	Dec 11	$3.92	$3.92	$1.08	54%	3.63	$646.08
$625.00	$620.00	Nov 27	$3.14	$3.14	$1.86	67%	1.69	$621.86
$625.00	$620.00	Nov 13	$2.87	$2.87	$2.13	69%	1.35	$622.13
$637.50	$635.00	Nov 13	$2.35	$2.35	$0.15	62%	15.67	$635.15
$605.00	$600.00	Nov 6	$2.10	$2.10	$2.90	83%	0.72	$602.90

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 15 found (avg debit $8.11, cheapest $12.23)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$652.50	Oct 30	Nov 13	$12.23	75.2%	40.9%
$665.00	Oct 30	Nov 13	$10.70	72.9%	42.9%
$647.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$7.28	74.8%	46.0%
$655.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$6.17	72.6%	45.9%
$650.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$7.42	70.8%	45.8%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$647.50	Oct 30	Nov 13	$11.17	74.8%	42.2%
$665.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$6.70	72.9%	46.2%
$655.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$6.75	72.6%	45.9%
$660.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$6.40	74.6%	49.5%
$650.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$7.34	70.8%	45.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 112 found (cheapest 3.36% of stock, avg 7.58%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$657.50	Oct 30	$8.40	$13.60	$22.00	$635.50	$679.50	3.36%
$645.00	Oct 30	$15.48	$7.00	$22.48	$622.52	$667.48	3.44%
$652.50	Oct 30	$11.50	$11.02	$22.52	$629.98	$675.02	3.44%
$662.50	Oct 30	$6.85	$15.65	$22.50	$640.00	$685.00	3.44%
$660.00	Oct 30	$7.88	$14.88	$22.76	$637.24	$682.76	3.48%
$655.00	Oct 30	$10.43	$12.38	$22.81	$632.19	$677.81	3.49%
$650.00	Oct 30	$13.28	$9.68	$22.96	$627.04	$672.96	3.51%
$647.50	Oct 30	$14.50	$9.18	$23.68	$623.82	$671.18	3.62%
$640.00	Oct 30	$18.68	$5.13	$23.81	$616.19	$663.81	3.64%
$642.50	Oct 30	$17.18	$6.70	$23.88	$618.62	$666.38	3.65%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 152 found (cheapest 2.00% of stock, avg 4.91%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$665.00	$642.50	Oct 30	$6.35	$6.70	$13.05	$629.45	$678.05
$662.50	$642.50	Oct 30	$6.85	$6.70	$13.55	$628.95	$676.05
$665.00	$645.00	Oct 30	$6.35	$7.00	$13.35	$631.65	$678.35
$662.50	$645.00	Oct 30	$6.85	$7.00	$13.85	$631.15	$676.35
$660.00	$645.00	Oct 30	$7.88	$7.00	$14.88	$630.12	$674.88
$660.00	$642.50	Oct 30	$7.88	$6.70	$14.58	$627.92	$674.58
$657.50	$645.00	Oct 30	$8.40	$7.00	$15.40	$629.60	$672.90
$657.50	$642.50	Oct 30	$8.40	$6.70	$15.10	$627.40	$672.60
$662.50	$647.50	Oct 30	$6.85	$9.18	$16.03	$631.47	$678.53
$665.00	$647.50	Oct 30	$6.35	$9.18	$15.53	$631.97	$680.53

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 319 found (best R:R 11.82, avg credit $2.35)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
605/610	715/720	Nov 27	$4.61	$0.39	51%	11.82	$605.39	$719.61
600/605	702/705	Nov 6	$3.72	$1.28	68%	2.91	$601.28	$706.22
620/625	725/730	Nov 27	$4.70	$0.30	49%	15.67	$620.30	$729.70
605/610	725/730	Nov 27	$4.01	$0.99	56%	4.05	$605.99	$729.01
600/605	675/680	Nov 6	$3.82	$1.18	51%	3.24	$601.18	$678.82
615/618	702/705	Nov 6	$2.30	$0.20	62%	11.50	$615.20	$704.80
585/590	702/705	Nov 6	$2.55	$2.45	76%	1.04	$587.45	$705.05
600/605	700/705	Nov 13	$3.34	$1.66	60%	2.01	$601.66	$703.34
600/605	690/695	Nov 6	$3.18	$1.82	61%	1.75	$601.82	$693.18
615/620	700/705	Nov 13	$3.54	$1.46	52%	2.42	$616.46	$703.54

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 170 found (best R:R 82.33, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$670.00	$675.00	$680.00	Nov 6	$0.16	$4.84	8%	30.25
$667.50	$670.00	$672.50	Oct 30	$0.08	$2.42	8%	30.25
$720.00	$725.00	$730.00	Nov 13	$0.13	$4.87	4%	37.46
$690.00	$692.50	$695.00	Oct 30	$0.10	$2.40	5%	24.00
$665.00	$667.50	$670.00	Oct 30	$0.15	$2.35	7%	15.67

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$660.00	$670.00	$680.00	Nov 20	$0.12	$9.88	11%	82.33
$630.00	$640.00	$650.00	Nov 20	$0.31	$9.69	12%	31.26
$550.00	$570.00	$590.00	Dec 4	$0.99	$19.01	11%	19.20
$600.00	$610.00	$620.00	Nov 20	$0.30	$9.70	9%	32.33
$560.00	$570.00	$580.00	Nov 20	$0.18	$9.82	4%	54.56

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 157 found (best net $-18.27, 135 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$600.00	$635.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$18.27	$16.73
$725.00	$760.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$0.31	$34.69
$670.00	$695.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$6.05	$18.95
$760.00	$765.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.01	$4.99
$687.50	$690.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.16	$2.34

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$745.00	$705.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$31.15	$8.85
$570.00	$550.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$1.14	$18.86
$590.00	$570.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$2.38	$17.62
$580.00	$570.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.25	$9.75
$540.00	$530.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.29	$9.71

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 100 found (best yield 2.62%, avg 0.95%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$695.00	Dec 11	$17.10	0.35	6.3%	2.62%	8.92%	2	--
$670.00	Dec 4	$22.05	0.43	2.5%	3.37%	5.85%	1	--
$655.00	Dec 4	$26.85	0.50	0.2%	4.11%	4.29%	--	10
$655.00	Nov 27	$25.50	0.51	0.2%	3.90%	4.09%	6	--
$665.00	Nov 27	$20.65	0.45	1.7%	3.16%	4.87%	--	26
$695.00	Dec 4	$12.55	0.31	6.3%	1.92%	8.22%	2	5
$670.00	Nov 27	$18.45	0.42	2.5%	2.82%	5.30%	5	3
$675.00	Nov 27	$16.40	0.40	3.2%	2.51%	5.75%	--	16
$700.00	Dec 4	$11.05	0.29	7.1%	1.69%	8.76%	--	11
$680.00	Nov 20	$14.75	0.36	4.0%	2.26%	6.27%	33	593

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 5,332

Total Puts 3,085

Put/Call Ratio 0.58

Net Difference 2,247

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 437

Total Puts 349

Put/Call Ratio 0.80

Net Difference 88

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 70,993

Total Puts 61,644

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.85

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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