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CATERPILLAR INC

$653.36 -8.41%

(10/29 09:45) ◀

Thursday, October 29, 2026 (9:50am)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/29 9:50am) 10,043

Calls: 6,165 (61%)

Puts: 3,878 (39%)

Prior (10/08) 1,049

Calls: 556 (53%)

Puts: 493 (47%)

Current vs Prior +857.39%

Calls: +1008.81% (Calls)

Puts: +686.61% (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 -47.00%

Calls: -39.21%

Puts: -55.96%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/29 9:50am) $15.88M

Calls: $6.48M (41%)

Puts: $9.40M (59%)

Prior (10/08) $2.00M

Calls: $1.01M (51%)

Puts: $985.3K (49%)

Current vs Prior +695.70%

Calls: +541.31%

Puts: +854.08%

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 -57.97%

Calls: -74.62%

Puts: -23.22%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/29 9:50am) 0.63

Prior (10/08) 0.89

Current vs Prior -29.06%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.85

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -26.34%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/29 9:50am) 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 3.66% | 5.88%9.10% | 12.36%

Prior 6.25% | 7.97%9.91% | 13.27%

Current vs Prior -41.41% | -26.21%-8.15% | -6.85%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg +26.61% | +14.54%+55.35% | -1.43%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -41.41% | -26.21%-4.89% | -2.95%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 33.36% | 24.85%

Calls: 25.11% | 25.39%

Puts: 41.60% | 24.31%

Prior 28.11% | 27.09%

Calls: 26.14% | 27.06%

Puts: 30.07% | 27.12%

Current vs Prior +18.68% | -8.27%

Prior 7-Day Avg 38.21% | 18.35%

Calls: 43.32% | 18.96%

Puts: 33.11% | 17.73%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -12.70% | +35.43%

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Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 696% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 857% vs prior - elevated interest. Bullish P/C ratio of 0.63. P/C ratio dropping 29% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BULLISH

Prior NEUTRAL

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Current BULLISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

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 52 of results (avg 8.3%, best 3.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$560.00	Oct 30	90.70	94.95	$92.83	4.6%	4	1.00	1
$650.00	Nov 6	19.70	20.95	$20.33	6.1%	71	0.54	1
$540.00	Oct 30	109.15	116.95	$113.05	6.9%	5	1.00	1
$620.00	Nov 20	46.05	49.35	$47.70	6.9%	3	0.72	75
$550.00	Oct 30	98.75	106.65	$102.70	7.7%	8	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$780.00	Oct 30	123.95	128.85	$126.40	3.9%	--	1.00	69
$745.00	Oct 30	88.65	93.75	$91.20	5.6%	--	0.99	134
$775.00	Oct 30	118.00	125.30	$121.65	6.0%	--	1.00	41
$750.00	Oct 30	93.55	99.45	$96.50	6.1%	3	0.99	169
$740.00	Oct 30	83.45	88.75	$86.10	6.2%	4	1.00	114

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 2 found (avg $0.69, cheapest $0.55)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$700.00	Oct 30	0.50	0.60	$0.55	18.2%	154	0.05	292
$695.00	Oct 30	0.74	0.90	$0.82	19.5%	12	0.07	65

PUTS (0)

No puts meet the criteria

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 224 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$540.00	Oct 30	109.15	116.95	$113.05	6.9%	5	1.00	1
$550.00	Oct 30	98.75	106.65	$102.70	7.7%	8	1.00	--
$560.00	Oct 30	90.70	94.95	$92.83	4.6%	4	1.00	1
$587.50	Oct 30	59.30	69.05	$64.18	15.2%	1	1.00	--
$592.50	Oct 30	54.30	64.30	$59.30	16.9%	1	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$780.00	Oct 30	123.95	128.85	$126.40	3.9%	--	1.00	69
$755.00	Oct 30	97.55	107.55	$102.55	9.8%	--	1.00	71
$765.00	Oct 30	107.65	118.85	$113.25	9.9%	--	1.00	97
$770.00	Oct 30	113.10	120.40	$116.75	6.3%	--	1.00	111
$775.00	Oct 30	118.00	125.30	$121.65	6.0%	--	1.00	41

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 365 active (total vol 7.0K, top 606)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$660.00	Oct 30	7.15	8.40	$7.78	16.1%	606	0.41	501
$662.50	Oct 30	5.90	7.85	$6.88	28.3%	519	0.37	506
$655.00	Nov 13	21.40	24.35	$22.88	12.9%	199	0.51	3
$675.00	Oct 30	2.75	3.35	$3.05	19.7%	175	0.22	24
$680.00	Oct 30	1.84	2.99	$2.42	47.5%	167	0.17	72

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$597.50	Oct 30	0.00	0.99	$0.50	198.0%	136	0.04	37
$592.50	Oct 30	0.00	0.50	$0.25	200.0%	130	0.02	17
$620.00	Nov 20	11.65	12.95	$12.30	10.6%	129	0.28	318
$642.50	Nov 6	11.45	14.40	$12.93	22.8%	122	0.39	4
$650.00	Oct 30	8.00	9.35	$8.68	15.6%	93	0.45	376

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 30 strikes (avg 69.1%, max 83.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$640.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	67.1%	36.5%	83.9%	58	20
$675.00	Oct 30	Nov 27	70.8%	39.3%	80.5%	175	40
$680.00	Oct 30	Nov 27	70.6%	39.4%	79.1%	169	84
$665.00	Oct 30	Nov 27	71.4%	40.1%	77.9%	55	36
$635.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	66.0%	37.3%	77.0%	3	14

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$640.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	67.1%	36.5%	83.9%	77	871
$687.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	84.3%	47.0%	79.3%	1	39
$670.00	Oct 30	Nov 27	70.9%	39.9%	77.9%	74	307
$635.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	66.0%	37.3%	77.0%	24	197
$645.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	65.4%	37.1%	76.2%	26	104

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 268 found (best R:R 0.84, avg 5.75)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$590.00	$600.00	Nov 20	$5.43	$4.57	$5.43	85%	0.84	$595.43
$630.00	$635.00	Nov 6	$0.70	$4.30	$0.70	70%	6.14	$630.70
$640.00	$650.00	Dec 4	$2.77	$7.23	$2.77	58%	2.61	$642.77
$640.00	$645.00	Nov 27	$1.39	$3.61	$1.39	59%	2.60	$641.39
$695.00	$700.00	Nov 27	$0.55	$4.45	$0.55	29%	8.09	$695.55

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$690.00	$685.00	Nov 13	$0.72	$4.28	$0.72	74%	5.94	$689.28
$735.00	$732.50	Oct 30	$0.20	$2.30	$0.20	99%	11.50	$734.80
$740.00	$737.50	Oct 30	$0.20	$2.30	$0.20	100%	11.50	$739.80
$725.00	$720.00	Nov 6	$2.58	$2.42	$2.58	93%	0.94	$722.42
$727.50	$725.00	Oct 30	$0.60	$1.90	$0.60	99%	3.17	$726.90

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 205 found (best R:R 5.25, avg 0.63)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$737.50	$740.00	Oct 30	$2.10	$2.10	$0.40	92%	5.25	$739.60
$670.00	$680.00	Nov 13	$5.40	$5.40	$4.60	59%	1.17	$675.40
$702.50	$705.00	Oct 30	$1.91	$1.91	$0.59	88%	3.24	$704.41
$715.00	$717.50	Nov 20	$2.05	$2.05	$0.45	80%	4.56	$717.05
$752.50	$755.00	Nov 6	$1.60	$1.60	$0.90	92%	1.78	$754.10

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$650.00	$645.00	Dec 11	$4.12	$4.12	$0.88	54%	4.68	$645.88
$605.00	$600.00	Nov 6	$2.38	$2.38	$2.62	83%	0.91	$602.62
$637.50	$635.00	Nov 13	$2.28	$2.28	$0.22	63%	10.36	$635.22
$570.00	$550.00	Nov 13	$1.96	$1.96	$18.04	92%	0.11	$568.04
$625.00	$620.00	Nov 27	$2.80	$2.80	$2.20	67%	1.27	$622.20

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 18 found (avg debit $7.79, cheapest $5.06)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$647.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$7.35	75.9%	42.9%
$657.50	Oct 30	Nov 13	$12.53	73.3%	43.6%
$662.50	Oct 30	Nov 13	$12.45	71.2%	43.3%
$665.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$6.25	71.4%	44.4%
$652.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$7.75	73.3%	46.9%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$647.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$5.06	75.9%	42.9%
$665.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$6.78	71.4%	44.4%
$642.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$6.50	71.3%	45.5%
$660.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$7.55	70.9%	47.9%
$655.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$6.75	71.4%	48.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 119 found (cheapest 3.20% of stock, avg 7.60%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$650.00	Oct 30	$12.20	$8.68	$20.88	$629.12	$670.88	3.20%
$660.00	Oct 30	$7.78	$13.73	$21.51	$638.49	$681.51	3.29%
$645.00	Oct 30	$15.18	$6.55	$21.73	$623.27	$666.73	3.33%
$655.00	Oct 30	$9.98	$12.38	$22.36	$632.64	$677.36	3.42%
$652.50	Oct 30	$11.55	$11.02	$22.57	$629.93	$675.07	3.45%
$662.50	Oct 30	$6.88	$15.65	$22.53	$639.97	$685.03	3.45%
$657.50	Oct 30	$9.15	$13.88	$23.03	$634.47	$680.53	3.52%
$640.00	Oct 30	$18.25	$5.00	$23.25	$616.75	$663.25	3.56%
$642.50	Oct 30	$16.80	$6.43	$23.23	$619.27	$665.73	3.56%
$647.50	Oct 30	$14.40	$9.07	$23.47	$624.03	$670.97	3.59%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 154 found (cheapest 1.91% of stock, avg 5.10%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$665.00	$642.50	Oct 30	$6.05	$6.43	$12.48	$630.02	$677.48
$665.00	$645.00	Oct 30	$6.05	$6.55	$12.60	$632.40	$677.60
$662.50	$645.00	Oct 30	$6.88	$6.55	$13.43	$631.57	$675.93
$662.50	$642.50	Oct 30	$6.88	$6.43	$13.31	$629.19	$675.81
$660.00	$645.00	Oct 30	$7.78	$6.55	$14.33	$630.67	$674.33
$660.00	$642.50	Oct 30	$7.78	$6.43	$14.21	$628.29	$674.21
$665.00	$647.50	Oct 30	$6.05	$9.07	$15.12	$632.38	$680.12
$665.00	$650.00	Oct 30	$6.05	$8.68	$14.73	$635.27	$679.73
$662.50	$647.50	Oct 30	$6.88	$9.07	$15.95	$631.55	$678.45
$662.50	$650.00	Oct 30	$6.88	$8.68	$15.56	$634.44	$678.06

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 273 found (best R:R 8.62, avg credit $2.32)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
620/625	715/720	Nov 27	$4.48	$0.52	45%	8.62	$620.52	$719.48
620/625	705/710	Nov 27	$4.66	$0.34	42%	13.71	$620.34	$709.66
605/610	715/720	Nov 27	$4.10	$0.90	52%	4.56	$605.90	$719.10
605/610	705/710	Nov 27	$4.28	$0.72	48%	5.94	$605.72	$709.28
610/615	700/705	Nov 13	$3.78	$1.22	54%	3.10	$611.22	$703.78
600/605	680/685	Nov 6	$3.75	$1.25	55%	3.00	$601.25	$683.75
600/605	690/695	Nov 6	$3.33	$1.67	61%	1.99	$601.67	$693.33
600/605	675/680	Nov 6	$3.78	$1.22	51%	3.10	$601.22	$678.78
600/605	700/705	Nov 13	$3.16	$1.84	59%	1.72	$601.84	$703.16
600/605	685/690	Nov 6	$3.18	$1.82	58%	1.75	$601.82	$688.18

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 174 found (best R:R 141.86, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$550.00	$570.00	$590.00	Nov 20	$0.85	$19.15	11%	22.53
$620.00	$630.00	$640.00	Nov 20	$0.37	$9.63	11%	26.03
$660.00	$670.00	$680.00	Nov 20	$0.45	$9.55	12%	21.22
$685.00	$690.00	$695.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43
$662.50	$665.00	$667.50	Oct 30	$0.06	$2.44	6%	40.67

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$640.00	$650.00	$660.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$9.93	12%	141.86
$660.00	$670.00	$680.00	Nov 20	$0.27	$9.73	12%	36.04
$550.00	$560.00	$570.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$9.93	4%	141.86
$610.00	$620.00	$630.00	Nov 20	$0.41	$9.59	10%	23.39
$530.00	$540.00	$550.00	Oct 30	$0.05	$9.95	3%	199.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 158 found (best net $-18.08, 138 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$600.00	$635.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$18.08	$16.92
$725.00	$760.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$0.52	$34.48
$670.00	$695.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$6.40	$18.60
$750.00	$755.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.10	$4.90
$770.00	$775.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.25	$4.75

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$570.00	$550.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$1.14	$18.86
$605.00	$600.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.37	$4.63
$592.50	$590.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.01	$2.49
$540.00	$530.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.29	$9.71
$570.00	$560.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.03	$9.97

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 116 found (best yield 2.65%, avg 1.00%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$695.00	Dec 11	$17.30	0.35	6.4%	2.65%	9.02%	2	--
$700.00	Dec 11	$15.40	0.33	7.1%	2.36%	9.50%	2	--
$670.00	Dec 4	$22.10	0.43	2.5%	3.38%	5.93%	1	--
$655.00	Dec 4	$28.35	0.50	0.2%	4.34%	4.59%	1	10
$655.00	Nov 27	$25.75	0.51	0.2%	3.94%	4.19%	6	--
$660.00	Nov 20	$23.15	0.48	1.0%	3.54%	4.56%	8	56
$665.00	Nov 27	$20.90	0.46	1.8%	3.20%	4.98%	--	26
$670.00	Nov 20	$18.95	0.43	2.5%	2.90%	5.45%	32	77
$670.00	Nov 27	$18.75	0.43	2.5%	2.87%	5.42%	5	3
$695.00	Dec 4	$12.55	0.32	6.4%	1.92%	8.29%	2	5

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 6,165

Total Puts 3,878

Put/Call Ratio 0.63

Net Difference 2,287

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 556

Total Puts 493

Put/Call Ratio 0.89

Net Difference 63

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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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

Earnings This Week

Earnings - Day Before / Day After

Options Activity Around Earnings

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Price — Past 7 Days

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