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CATERPILLAR INC

$653.98 -8.33%

(10/29 09:50) ◀

Thursday, October 29, 2026 (9:55am)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/29 9:55am) 11,956

Calls: 7,183 (60%)

Puts: 4,773 (40%)

Prior (10/08) 1,276

Calls: 678 (53%)

Puts: 598 (47%)

Current vs Prior +836.99%

Calls: +959.44% (Calls)

Puts: +698.16% (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 -36.90%

Calls: -29.17%

Puts: -45.80%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/29 9:55am) $19.81M

Calls: $7.62M (38%)

Puts: $12.19M (62%)

Prior (10/08) $2.31M

Calls: $1.12M (48%)

Puts: $1.19M (52%)

Current vs Prior +758.30%

Calls: +582.69%

Puts: +922.66%

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 -47.57%

Calls: -70.17%

Puts: -0.40%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/29 9:55am) 0.66

Prior (10/08) 0.88

Current vs Prior -24.66%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.85

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -22.18%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/29 9:55am) 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 3.61% | 5.76%8.87% | 12.13%

Prior 6.25% | 7.97%9.91% | 13.27%

Current vs Prior -42.33% | -27.72%-10.51% | -8.59%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg +24.64% | +12.20%+51.37% | -3.26%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -42.33% | -27.72%-7.33% | -4.76%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 38.85% | 30.75%

Calls: 30.17% | 28.64%

Puts: 47.53% | 32.87%

Prior 28.11% | 27.09%

Calls: 26.14% | 27.06%

Puts: 30.07% | 27.12%

Current vs Prior +38.21% | +13.51%

Prior 7-Day Avg 38.21% | 18.35%

Calls: 43.32% | 18.96%

Puts: 33.11% | 17.73%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +1.67% | +67.59%

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Moderately bearish flow with 62% put dollar volume ($12.19M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 758% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 837% vs prior - elevated interest. Bullish P/C ratio of 0.66.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior NEUTRAL

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Current BULLISH

Prior NEUTRAL

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
09:55	BEARISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:50	BEARISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 5.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$685.00	Nov 20	13.95	14.80	$14.38	5.9%	33	0.35	197
$550.00	Nov 13	103.25	110.60	$106.93	6.9%	1	0.97	--
$590.00	Nov 20	69.15	74.70	$71.93	7.7%	1	0.85	5
$600.00	Nov 20	62.00	67.75	$64.88	8.9%	2	0.82	53
$655.00	Oct 30	9.60	10.50	$10.05	9.0%	82	0.49	13

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$750.00	Oct 30	91.65	97.10	$94.38	5.8%	5	0.99	169
$770.00	Oct 30	110.50	117.10	$113.80	5.8%	--	1.00	111
$775.00	Oct 30	115.40	122.75	$119.08	6.2%	1	1.00	41
$780.00	Oct 30	119.20	127.60	$123.40	6.8%	--	1.00	69
$780.00	Nov 13	121.25	129.90	$125.58	6.9%	--	1.00	54

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. 228 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	120.40	$114.78	9.8%	5	1.00	1
$550.00	Oct 30	98.90	108.90	$103.90	9.6%	8	1.00	--
$560.00	Oct 30	90.70	99.55	$95.13	9.3%	8	1.00	1
$587.50	Oct 30	62.00	72.00	$67.00	14.9%	1	1.00	--
$592.50	Oct 30	57.10	67.10	$62.10	16.1%	1	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$750.00	Nov 6	90.90	98.70	$94.80	8.2%	4	1.00	73
$755.00	Nov 6	95.80	105.80	$100.80	9.9%	1	1.00	18
$760.00	Nov 6	100.40	110.40	$105.40	9.5%	--	1.00	73
$765.00	Nov 6	104.55	116.35	$110.45	10.7%	--	1.00	72
$770.00	Nov 6	110.25	120.05	$115.15	8.5%	1	1.00	44

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 390 active (total vol 8.2K, top 619)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$660.00	Oct 30	7.20	8.05	$7.63	11.1%	619	0.41	501
$662.50	Oct 30	6.20	7.50	$6.85	19.0%	524	0.38	506
$655.00	Nov 13	22.20	26.00	$24.10	15.8%	269	0.53	3
$700.00	Oct 30	0.50	0.67	$0.59	28.8%	198	0.05	292
$675.00	Oct 30	2.88	4.05	$3.47	33.7%	186	0.23	24

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	0.01	0.20	$0.11	172.7%	132	0.01	17
$620.00	Nov 20	11.00	12.75	$11.88	14.7%	131	0.28	318
$642.50	Nov 6	11.35	13.95	$12.65	20.6%	123	0.38	4
$600.00	Nov 20	6.70	7.55	$7.13	11.9%	121	0.18	943

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 29 strikes (avg 67.8%, max 88.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$655.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	69.3%	36.8%	88.2%	83	23
$680.00	Oct 30	Nov 27	70.6%	38.1%	85.1%	187	84
$675.00	Oct 30	Nov 27	70.3%	38.8%	81.1%	186	40
$665.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	69.4%	40.6%	70.8%	60	10
$637.50	Oct 30	Nov 13	73.9%	44.0%	68.1%	6	20

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$655.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	69.3%	36.8%	88.2%	29	97
$670.00	Oct 30	Nov 27	71.0%	39.1%	81.7%	75	307
$645.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	65.9%	37.1%	77.7%	29	104
$680.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	70.6%	39.9%	77.0%	52	308
$675.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	70.3%	39.9%	75.9%	21	166

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 278 found (best R:R 10.36, avg 5.12)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$640.00	$650.00	Dec 4	$3.78	$6.22	$3.78	59%	1.65	$643.78
$630.00	$635.00	Nov 6	$1.85	$3.15	$1.85	71%	1.70	$631.85
$650.00	$655.00	Nov 27	$1.05	$3.95	$1.05	56%	3.76	$651.05
$597.50	$600.00	Oct 30	$0.85	$1.65	$0.85	95%	1.94	$598.35
$680.00	$685.00	Nov 13	$0.27	$4.73	$0.27	34%	17.52	$680.27

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$735.00	$732.50	Oct 30	$0.22	$2.28	$0.22	99%	10.36	$734.78
$690.00	$685.00	Dec 4	$0.98	$4.02	$0.98	65%	4.10	$689.02
$680.00	$670.00	Nov 20	$3.95	$6.05	$3.95	62%	1.53	$676.05
$740.00	$737.50	Oct 30	$0.60	$1.90	$0.60	100%	3.17	$739.40
$742.50	$740.00	Nov 20	$0.40	$2.10	$0.40	89%	5.25	$742.10

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 209 found (best R:R 1.07, avg 0.58)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$702.50	$705.00	Oct 30	$1.93	$1.93	$0.57	88%	3.39	$704.43
$735.00	$737.50	Nov 20	$1.92	$1.92	$0.58	86%	3.31	$736.92
$752.50	$755.00	Nov 6	$1.60	$1.60	$0.90	92%	1.78	$754.10
$665.00	$667.50	Nov 6	$2.33	$2.33	$0.17	57%	13.71	$667.33
$670.00	$675.00	Nov 6	$3.10	$3.10	$1.90	61%	1.63	$673.10

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$605.00	$600.00	Nov 6	$2.58	$2.58	$2.42	84%	1.07	$602.42
$582.50	$580.00	Nov 13	$1.86	$1.86	$0.64	88%	2.91	$580.64
$610.00	$600.00	Dec 4	$3.65	$3.65	$6.35	73%	0.57	$606.35
$570.00	$550.00	Nov 13	$1.96	$1.96	$18.04	92%	0.11	$568.04
$637.50	$635.00	Oct 30	$1.87	$1.87	$0.63	73%	2.97	$635.63

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 18 found (avg debit $8.08, cheapest $6.37)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$667.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$6.37	72.2%	43.8%
$657.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$8.00	73.4%	47.0%
$647.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$8.70	71.7%	45.7%
$662.50	Oct 30	Nov 13	$13.13	68.9%	43.0%
$655.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$8.90	69.3%	46.0%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$647.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$6.16	71.7%	45.7%
$655.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$6.80	69.3%	46.0%
$665.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$6.87	69.4%	47.2%
$642.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$7.05	67.6%	47.1%
$660.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$7.67	68.0%	48.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 124 found (cheapest 3.20% of stock, avg 7.61%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$660.00	Oct 30	$7.63	$13.33	$20.96	$639.04	$680.96	3.20%
$650.00	Oct 30	$13.45	$7.73	$21.18	$628.82	$671.18	3.24%
$655.00	Oct 30	$10.05	$11.15	$21.20	$633.80	$676.20	3.24%
$657.50	Oct 30	$9.55	$11.75	$21.30	$636.20	$678.80	3.26%
$662.50	Oct 30	$6.85	$14.68	$21.53	$640.97	$684.03	3.29%
$645.00	Oct 30	$15.43	$6.25	$21.68	$623.32	$666.68	3.32%
$665.00	Oct 30	$6.05	$15.88	$21.93	$643.07	$686.93	3.35%
$652.50	Oct 30	$12.43	$9.82	$22.25	$630.25	$674.75	3.40%
$667.50	Oct 30	$5.65	$16.90	$22.55	$644.95	$690.05	3.45%
$647.50	Oct 30	$14.85	$8.07	$22.92	$624.58	$670.42	3.50%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 156 found (cheapest 1.78% of stock, avg 5.42%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$665.00	$642.50	Oct 30	$6.05	$5.60	$11.65	$630.85	$676.65
$665.00	$645.00	Oct 30	$6.05	$6.25	$12.30	$632.70	$677.30
$662.50	$642.50	Oct 30	$6.85	$5.60	$12.45	$630.05	$674.95
$662.50	$645.00	Oct 30	$6.85	$6.25	$13.10	$631.90	$675.60
$660.00	$642.50	Oct 30	$7.63	$5.60	$13.23	$629.27	$673.23
$660.00	$645.00	Oct 30	$7.63	$6.25	$13.88	$631.12	$673.88
$665.00	$647.50	Oct 30	$6.05	$8.07	$14.12	$633.38	$679.12
$665.00	$650.00	Oct 30	$6.05	$7.73	$13.78	$636.22	$678.78
$662.50	$647.50	Oct 30	$6.85	$8.07	$14.92	$632.58	$677.42
$662.50	$650.00	Oct 30	$6.85	$7.73	$14.58	$635.42	$677.08

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 283 found (best R:R 4.81, avg credit $2.30)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
580/582	685/690	Nov 13	$4.14	$0.86	56%	4.81	$578.36	$689.14
580/582	700/705	Nov 13	$3.44	$1.56	66%	2.21	$579.06	$703.44
610/615	685/690	Nov 13	$4.55	$0.45	44%	10.11	$610.45	$689.55
600/605	680/685	Nov 6	$4.03	$0.97	53%	4.15	$600.97	$684.03
600/605	690/695	Nov 6	$3.63	$1.37	60%	2.65	$601.37	$693.63
605/610	715/720	Nov 27	$4.03	$0.97	52%	4.15	$605.97	$719.03
610/615	700/705	Nov 13	$3.85	$1.15	54%	3.35	$611.15	$703.85
620/625	715/720	Nov 27	$4.23	$0.77	45%	5.49	$620.77	$719.23
600/605	685/690	Nov 6	$3.58	$1.42	57%	2.52	$601.42	$688.58
600/605	685/690	Nov 13	$3.98	$1.02	49%	3.90	$601.02	$688.98

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 190 found (best R:R 32.33, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$665.00	$670.00	$675.00	Nov 27	$0.07	$4.93	5%	70.43
$550.00	$570.00	$590.00	Nov 20	$1.03	$18.97	10%	18.42
$695.00	$700.00	$705.00	Nov 20	$0.10	$4.90	6%	49.00
$715.00	$720.00	$725.00	Dec 4	$0.06	$4.94	3%	82.33
$660.00	$670.00	$680.00	Nov 20	$0.59	$9.41	12%	15.95

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$640.00	$650.00	$660.00	Nov 20	$0.30	$9.70	12%	32.33
$610.00	$620.00	$630.00	Nov 20	$0.39	$9.61	10%	24.64
$690.00	$695.00	$700.00	Nov 13	$0.11	$4.89	6%	44.45
$580.00	$590.00	$600.00	Nov 20	$0.32	$9.68	7%	30.25
$620.00	$630.00	$640.00	Nov 20	$0.56	$9.44	11%	16.86

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 160 found (best net $-11.02, 141 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$550.00	$600.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$11.02	$38.98
$600.00	$635.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$18.65	$16.35
$725.00	$760.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$0.91	$34.09
$670.00	$695.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$6.62	$18.38
$687.50	$690.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.15	$2.35

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$570.00	$550.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$1.16	$18.84
$570.00	$560.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.04	$9.96
$602.50	$600.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.04	$2.46
$587.50	$585.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.02	$2.48
$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. 122 found (best yield 2.66%, avg 1.10%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$695.00	Dec 11	$17.40	0.36	6.3%	2.66%	8.93%	2	--
$700.00	Dec 11	$15.80	0.34	7.0%	2.42%	9.45%	2	--
$665.00	Dec 4	$25.85	0.47	1.7%	3.95%	5.64%	2	--
$660.00	Dec 4	$27.95	0.50	0.9%	4.27%	5.19%	2	--
$670.00	Dec 4	$23.35	0.45	2.5%	3.57%	6.02%	1	--
$655.00	Dec 4	$28.35	0.52	0.2%	4.33%	4.49%	1	10
$655.00	Nov 27	$28.00	0.53	0.2%	4.28%	4.44%	6	--
$665.00	Nov 27	$22.15	0.47	1.7%	3.39%	5.07%	--	26
$670.00	Nov 27	$20.10	0.45	2.5%	3.07%	5.52%	5	3
$695.00	Dec 4	$13.45	0.33	6.3%	2.06%	8.33%	2	5

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 7,183

Total Puts 4,773

Put/Call Ratio 0.66

Net Difference 2,410

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 678

Total Puts 598

Put/Call Ratio 0.88

Net Difference 80

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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