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CATERPILLAR INC

$657.61 -7.82%

(10/29 09:55) ◀

Thursday, October 29, 2026 (10:00am)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/29 10:00am) 13,106

Calls: 7,931 (61%)

Puts: 5,175 (39%)

Prior (10/08) 1,675

Calls: 932 (56%)

Puts: 743 (44%)

Current vs Prior +682.45%

Calls: +750.97% (Calls)

Puts: +596.50% (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 -30.83%

Calls: -21.80%

Puts: -41.24%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/29 10:00am) $22.06M

Calls: $9.12M (41%)

Puts: $12.94M (59%)

Prior (10/08) $2.75M

Calls: $1.20M (43%)

Puts: $1.55M (57%)

Current vs Prior +702.23%

Calls: +662.34%

Puts: +732.92%

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 -41.63%

Calls: -64.31%

Puts: +5.71%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/29 10:00am) 0.65

Prior (10/08) 0.80

Current vs Prior -18.15%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.85

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -23.58%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/29 10:00am) 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 3.47% | 5.97%8.90% | 12.10%

Prior 6.25% | 7.97%9.91% | 13.27%

Current vs Prior -44.47% | -25.16%-10.11% | -8.83%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg +20.01% | +16.17%+52.04% | -3.52%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -44.47% | -25.16%-6.92% | -5.01%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 23.98% | 18.44%

Calls: 17.00% | 16.06%

Puts: 30.96% | 20.82%

Prior 28.11% | 27.09%

Calls: 26.14% | 27.06%

Puts: 30.07% | 27.12%

Current vs Prior -14.69% | -31.93%

Prior 7-Day Avg 38.21% | 18.35%

Calls: 43.32% | 18.96%

Puts: 33.11% | 17.73%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -37.25% | +0.50%

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Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 702% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 682% vs prior - elevated interest. Bullish P/C ratio of 0.65.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

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Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

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
10:00	BEARISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 53 of results (avg 8.1%, best 4.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$560.00	Oct 30	94.45	99.40	$96.93	5.1%	8	1.00	1
$670.00	Nov 20	20.85	22.75	$21.80	8.7%	36	0.45	77
$530.00	Nov 20	122.35	133.80	$128.07	8.9%	--	1.00	44
$550.00	Nov 13	103.25	113.20	$108.23	9.2%	1	1.00	--
$620.00	Nov 20	47.65	52.25	$49.95	9.2%	4	0.73	75

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$770.00	Nov 27	111.35	116.05	$113.70	4.1%	3	0.89	24
$770.00	Nov 20	110.40	116.50	$113.45	5.4%	11	0.93	420
$780.00	Oct 30	118.55	125.15	$121.85	5.4%	--	1.00	69
$785.00	Oct 30	124.10	131.10	$127.60	5.5%	1	1.00	35
$775.00	Oct 30	114.20	120.70	$117.45	5.5%	1	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. 237 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$540.00	Oct 30	110.30	121.20	$115.75	9.4%	5	1.00	1
$550.00	Oct 30	100.25	110.30	$105.28	9.5%	8	1.00	--
$560.00	Oct 30	94.45	99.40	$96.93	5.1%	8	1.00	1
$587.50	Oct 30	62.80	72.70	$67.75	14.6%	1	1.00	--
$592.50	Oct 30	58.95	68.95	$63.95	15.6%	1	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$755.00	Nov 6	94.05	104.05	$99.05	10.1%	1	1.00	18
$760.00	Nov 6	99.05	109.00	$104.03	9.6%	--	1.00	73
$765.00	Nov 6	103.50	115.15	$109.33	10.7%	--	1.00	72
$770.00	Nov 6	107.75	120.15	$113.95	10.9%	1	1.00	44
$775.00	Nov 6	113.45	125.00	$119.23	9.7%	--	1.00	17

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 412 active (total vol 8.9K, top 646)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$660.00	Oct 30	8.60	10.20	$9.40	17.0%	646	0.47	501
$662.50	Oct 30	7.40	9.65	$8.53	26.4%	537	0.43	506
$655.00	Nov 13	23.25	26.90	$25.08	14.6%	270	0.53	3
$700.00	Oct 30	0.70	0.90	$0.80	25.0%	203	0.07	292
$680.00	Oct 30	2.75	3.75	$3.25	30.8%	194	0.21	72

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$597.50	Oct 30	0.01	0.27	$0.14	185.7%	136	0.01	37
$592.50	Oct 30	0.00	0.20	$0.10	200.0%	132	0.01	17
$620.00	Nov 20	10.45	11.90	$11.18	13.0%	131	0.26	318
$642.50	Nov 6	10.10	13.35	$11.73	27.7%	124	0.36	4
$600.00	Nov 20	6.10	7.10	$6.60	15.2%	122	0.17	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 70.2%, max 84.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$655.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	68.4%	37.1%	84.6%	90	23
$640.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	68.8%	37.4%	84.2%	63	20
$680.00	Oct 30	Nov 27	70.8%	38.7%	83.1%	196	84
$665.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	71.8%	39.4%	82.3%	63	10
$675.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	68.7%	39.1%	75.9%	192	26

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$655.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	68.4%	37.1%	84.6%	29	97
$640.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	68.8%	37.4%	84.2%	87	871
$680.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	70.8%	38.7%	82.8%	53	308
$665.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	71.8%	39.4%	82.3%	24	161
$645.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	66.9%	36.7%	82.2%	30	104

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 294 found (best R:R 5.67, avg 5.82)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$640.00	$650.00	Dec 4	$3.73	$6.27	$3.73	61%	1.68	$643.73
$645.00	$695.00	Dec 11	$21.70	$28.30	$21.70	58%	1.30	$666.70
$650.00	$655.00	Nov 27	$1.32	$3.68	$1.32	56%	2.79	$651.32
$635.00	$640.00	Dec 4	$1.85	$3.15	$1.85	63%	1.70	$636.85
$642.50	$645.00	Nov 13	$0.28	$2.22	$0.28	61%	7.93	$642.78

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$690.00	$685.00	Nov 13	$0.75	$4.25	$0.75	71%	5.67	$689.25
$720.00	$717.50	Oct 30	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	98%	19.83	$719.88
$730.00	$727.50	Oct 30	$0.25	$2.25	$0.25	99%	9.00	$729.75
$765.00	$760.00	Nov 27	$2.45	$2.55	$2.45	90%	1.04	$762.55
$715.00	$712.50	Nov 6	$0.23	$2.27	$0.23	88%	9.87	$714.77

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 215 found (best R:R 0.74, avg 0.45)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$752.50	$755.00	Nov 6	$1.72	$1.72	$0.78	92%	2.21	$754.22
$720.00	$725.00	Nov 13	$1.68	$1.68	$3.32	85%	0.51	$721.68
$735.00	$740.00	Nov 6	$1.36	$1.36	$3.64	90%	0.37	$736.36
$707.50	$710.00	Oct 30	$1.17	$1.17	$1.33	91%	0.88	$708.67
$720.00	$725.00	Nov 27	$1.82	$1.82	$3.18	78%	0.57	$721.82

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$610.00	$600.00	Dec 4	$4.25	$4.25	$5.75	74%	0.74	$605.75
$622.50	$620.00	Nov 6	$1.93	$1.93	$0.57	77%	3.39	$620.57
$632.50	$630.00	Nov 6	$1.95	$1.95	$0.55	71%	3.55	$630.55
$617.50	$615.00	Nov 6	$1.53	$1.53	$0.97	80%	1.58	$615.97
$615.00	$610.00	Nov 27	$2.12	$2.12	$2.88	74%	0.74	$612.88

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 18 found (avg debit $7.89, cheapest $12.42)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$662.50	Oct 30	Nov 13	$12.42	70.6%	43.9%
$665.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$7.32	71.8%	46.4%
$647.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$8.31	72.5%	47.6%
$667.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$7.32	70.3%	46.2%
$657.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$8.42	71.2%	47.1%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$665.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$6.90	71.8%	46.4%
$647.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$7.20	72.5%	47.6%
$670.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$6.79	69.5%	46.6%
$660.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$7.98	69.2%	47.4%
$655.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$7.95	68.4%	47.3%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 135 found (cheapest 3.25% of stock, avg 7.76%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$660.00	Oct 30	$9.40	$11.95	$21.35	$638.65	$681.35	3.25%
$652.50	Oct 30	$13.58	$7.90	$21.48	$631.02	$673.98	3.27%
$650.00	Oct 30	$14.85	$6.73	$21.58	$628.42	$671.58	3.28%
$655.00	Oct 30	$12.20	$9.40	$21.60	$633.40	$676.60	3.28%
$657.50	Oct 30	$10.88	$10.95	$21.83	$635.67	$679.33	3.32%
$662.50	Oct 30	$8.53	$13.88	$22.41	$640.09	$684.91	3.41%
$647.50	Oct 30	$16.02	$6.85	$22.87	$624.63	$670.37	3.48%
$665.00	Oct 30	$7.70	$15.38	$23.08	$641.92	$688.08	3.51%
$645.00	Oct 30	$18.15	$5.20	$23.35	$621.65	$668.35	3.55%
$667.50	Oct 30	$6.58	$16.88	$23.46	$644.04	$690.96	3.57%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 156 found (cheapest 1.90% of stock, avg 5.46%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$670.00	$647.50	Oct 30	$5.63	$6.85	$12.48	$635.02	$682.48
$670.00	$650.00	Oct 30	$5.63	$6.73	$12.36	$637.64	$682.36
$667.50	$650.00	Oct 30	$6.58	$6.73	$13.31	$636.69	$680.81
$667.50	$647.50	Oct 30	$6.58	$6.85	$13.43	$634.07	$680.93
$665.00	$650.00	Oct 30	$7.70	$6.73	$14.43	$635.57	$679.43
$670.00	$652.50	Oct 30	$5.63	$7.90	$13.53	$638.97	$683.53
$665.00	$647.50	Oct 30	$7.70	$6.85	$14.55	$632.95	$679.55
$667.50	$652.50	Oct 30	$6.58	$7.90	$14.48	$638.02	$681.98
$665.00	$652.50	Oct 30	$7.70	$7.90	$15.60	$636.90	$680.60
$662.50	$650.00	Oct 30	$8.53	$6.73	$15.26	$634.74	$677.76

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 295 found (best R:R 2.01, avg credit $2.14)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
600/605	695/700	Nov 13	$3.34	$1.66	55%	2.01	$601.66	$698.34
615/618	698/700	Nov 6	$2.08	$0.42	59%	4.95	$615.42	$699.58
610/615	700/705	Nov 27	$3.86	$1.14	43%	3.39	$611.14	$703.86
615/618	695/698	Nov 6	$2.01	$0.49	58%	4.10	$615.49	$697.01
600/605	685/690	Nov 13	$3.29	$1.71	50%	1.92	$601.71	$688.29
610/615	705/710	Nov 27	$3.45	$1.55	46%	2.23	$611.55	$708.45
600/605	700/705	Nov 13	$2.79	$2.21	58%	1.26	$602.21	$702.79
590/592	695/700	Nov 13	$2.68	$2.32	60%	1.16	$589.82	$697.68
630/632	670/672	Oct 30	$1.90	$0.60	51%	3.17	$630.60	$671.90
620/625	700/705	Nov 27	$3.69	$1.31	39%	2.82	$621.31	$703.69

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 206 found (best R:R 34.71, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$630.00	$640.00	$650.00	Nov 20	$0.28	$9.72	12%	34.71
$625.00	$630.00	$635.00	Nov 6	$0.06	$4.94	7%	82.33
$655.00	$660.00	$665.00	Dec 4	$0.05	$4.95	5%	99.00
$700.00	$705.00	$710.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$4.93	5%	70.43
$652.50	$655.00	$657.50	Oct 30	$0.06	$2.44	8%	40.67

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$620.00	$630.00	$640.00	Nov 20	$0.24	$9.76	11%	40.67
$650.00	$660.00	$670.00	Nov 20	$0.40	$9.60	12%	24.00
$610.00	$620.00	$630.00	Nov 20	$0.42	$9.58	10%	22.81
$590.00	$600.00	$610.00	Nov 20	$0.32	$9.68	8%	30.25
$675.00	$680.00	$685.00	Nov 6	$0.13	$4.87	8%	37.46

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 165 found (best net $-12.17, 151 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$550.00	$600.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$12.17	$37.83
$645.00	$695.00	1:2	Dec 11	-$0.43	$49.57
$600.00	$635.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$15.81	$19.19
$775.00	$780.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.04	$4.96
$770.00	$775.00	1:2	Oct 30	$0.00	$5.00

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$570.00	$550.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$0.93	$19.07
$580.00	$570.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.03	$9.97
$570.00	$560.00	1:2	Nov 6	$0.00	$10.00
$587.50	$585.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.01	$2.49
$580.00	$570.00	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. 124 found (best yield 2.78%, avg 1.07%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$695.00	Dec 11	$18.30	0.37	5.7%	2.78%	8.47%	2	--
$700.00	Dec 11	$16.60	0.35	6.5%	2.52%	8.97%	2	--
$670.00	Dec 4	$23.85	0.46	1.9%	3.63%	5.51%	1	--
$675.00	Dec 4	$21.95	0.43	2.6%	3.34%	5.98%	1	2
$665.00	Dec 4	$25.85	0.48	1.1%	3.93%	5.05%	2	--
$660.00	Dec 4	$27.95	0.51	0.4%	4.25%	4.61%	2	--
$660.00	Nov 27	$27.15	0.50	0.4%	4.13%	4.49%	4	2
$700.00	Dec 4	$13.00	0.32	6.5%	1.98%	8.42%	2	11
$670.00	Nov 20	$20.85	0.45	1.9%	3.17%	5.05%	36	77
$665.00	Nov 27	$22.90	0.48	1.1%	3.48%	4.61%	--	26

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 7,931

Total Puts 5,175

Put/Call Ratio 0.65

Net Difference 2,756

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 932

Total Puts 743

Put/Call Ratio 0.80

Net Difference 189

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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