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CATERPILLAR INC

$659.25 -7.59%

(10/29 10:00) ◀

Thursday, October 29, 2026 (10:05am)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/29 10:05am) 14,480

Calls: 8,726 (60%)

Puts: 5,754 (40%)

Prior (10/08) 2,124

Calls: 1,277 (60%)

Puts: 847 (40%)

Current vs Prior +581.73%

Calls: +583.32% (Calls)

Puts: +579.34% (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 -23.58%

Calls: -13.96%

Puts: -34.66%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/29 10:05am) $24.71M

Calls: $9.99M (40%)

Puts: $14.72M (60%)

Prior (10/08) $3.38M

Calls: $1.76M (52%)

Puts: $1.61M (48%)

Current vs Prior +632.04%

Calls: +467.23%

Puts: +811.72%

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 -34.60%

Calls: -60.90%

Puts: +20.27%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/29 10:05am) 0.66

Prior (10/08) 0.66

Current vs Prior -0.58%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.85

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -22.78%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/29 10:05am) 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 3.46% | 5.92%8.94% | 12.08%

Prior 6.25% | 7.97%9.91% | 13.27%

Current vs Prior -44.68% | -25.69%-9.72% | -9.01%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg +19.55% | +15.35%+52.70% | -3.71%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -44.68% | -25.69%-6.52% | -5.20%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 21.50% | 16.89%

Calls: 10.53% | 17.30%

Puts: 32.46% | 16.49%

Prior 28.11% | 27.09%

Calls: 26.14% | 27.06%

Puts: 30.07% | 27.12%

Current vs Prior -23.51% | -37.65%

Prior 7-Day Avg 38.21% | 18.35%

Calls: 43.32% | 18.96%

Puts: 33.11% | 17.73%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -43.74% | -7.95%

Liquidity Expensive

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Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 632% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 582% vs prior - elevated interest. Bullish P/C ratio of 0.66.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

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Expected Move

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

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
10:05	BEARISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 55 of results (avg 8.2%, best 3.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$560.00	Oct 30	97.90	101.35	$99.63	3.5%	8	1.00	1
$540.00	Oct 30	111.25	121.40	$116.33	8.7%	5	1.00	1
$600.00	Dec 4	67.55	73.80	$70.68	8.8%	1	0.80	--
$650.00	Nov 20	30.65	33.50	$32.08	8.9%	58	0.57	44
$550.00	Nov 20	105.60	115.80	$110.70	9.2%	--	0.95	16

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$785.00	Nov 6	123.70	130.80	$127.25	5.6%	10	0.98	21
$780.00	Nov 20	119.20	126.05	$122.63	5.6%	14	0.93	488
$750.00	Nov 20	91.15	96.55	$93.85	5.8%	35	0.88	706
$755.00	Nov 6	93.65	99.25	$96.45	5.8%	11	0.96	18
$775.00	Oct 30	112.70	119.55	$116.13	5.9%	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. 241 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$540.00	Oct 30	111.25	121.40	$116.33	8.7%	5	1.00	1
$550.00	Oct 30	101.40	113.05	$107.23	10.9%	8	1.00	--
$560.00	Oct 30	97.90	101.35	$99.63	3.5%	8	1.00	1
$587.50	Oct 30	65.35	75.35	$70.35	14.2%	1	1.00	--
$592.50	Oct 30	59.80	69.80	$64.80	15.4%	1	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$760.00	Oct 30	97.60	105.90	$101.75	8.2%	11	1.00	121
$775.00	Oct 30	112.70	119.55	$116.13	5.9%	1	1.00	41
$780.00	Oct 30	116.85	124.00	$120.43	5.9%	--	1.00	69
$785.00	Oct 30	122.05	131.05	$126.55	7.1%	11	1.00	35
$790.00	Oct 30	126.20	134.55	$130.38	6.4%	2	1.00	50

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 437 active (total vol 9.9K, top 654)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$660.00	Oct 30	8.60	10.60	$9.60	20.8%	654	0.48	501
$662.50	Oct 30	7.55	9.80	$8.68	25.9%	537	0.44	506
$655.00	Nov 13	23.25	27.45	$25.35	16.6%	270	0.54	3
$700.00	Oct 30	0.52	0.88	$0.70	51.4%	237	0.06	292
$680.00	Oct 30	2.20	3.50	$2.85	45.6%	199	0.20	72

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Nov 20	6.15	6.95	$6.55	12.2%	179	0.17	943
$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	10.40	12.10	$11.25	15.1%	131	0.26	318
$642.50	Nov 6	10.40	13.35	$11.88	24.8%	124	0.35	4

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 65.7%, max 89.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$655.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	69.4%	36.6%	89.4%	93	23
$665.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	72.1%	40.2%	79.2%	63	10
$640.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	64.8%	36.5%	77.5%	64	20
$635.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	64.9%	38.0%	70.8%	4	14
$675.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	67.4%	40.2%	67.7%	196	26

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$655.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	69.4%	36.6%	89.4%	29	97
$650.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	66.0%	36.8%	79.4%	109	376
$665.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	72.1%	40.2%	79.2%	25	161
$640.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	64.8%	36.5%	77.5%	87	871
$645.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	65.4%	37.0%	76.8%	43	104

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 305 found (best R:R 13.71, avg 5.96)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$635.00	$640.00	Nov 27	$1.25	$3.75	$1.25	64%	3.00	$636.25
$625.00	$630.00	Nov 6	$1.95	$3.05	$1.95	78%	1.56	$626.95
$645.00	$680.00	Dec 11	$16.05	$18.95	$16.05	59%	1.18	$661.05
$640.00	$650.00	Dec 4	$4.03	$5.97	$4.03	61%	1.48	$644.03
$625.00	$630.00	Nov 27	$1.85	$3.15	$1.85	70%	1.70	$626.85

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$720.00	$717.50	Oct 30	$0.17	$2.33	$0.17	99%	13.71	$719.83
$770.00	$765.00	Oct 30	$2.90	$2.10	$2.90	100%	0.72	$767.10
$720.00	$715.00	Nov 13	$2.40	$2.60	$2.40	84%	1.08	$717.60
$750.00	$745.00	Nov 27	$2.63	$2.37	$2.63	88%	0.90	$747.37
$712.50	$710.00	Nov 20	$0.15	$2.35	$0.15	76%	15.67	$712.35

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 228 found (best R:R 1.42, avg 0.40)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$725.00	$730.00	Nov 27	$2.93	$2.93	$2.07	78%	1.42	$727.93
$752.50	$755.00	Nov 6	$1.72	$1.72	$0.78	92%	2.21	$754.22
$700.00	$705.00	Nov 27	$2.63	$2.63	$2.37	69%	1.11	$702.63
$720.00	$725.00	Nov 13	$1.70	$1.70	$3.30	84%	0.52	$721.70
$740.00	$760.00	Dec 4	$3.59	$3.59	$16.41	81%	0.22	$743.59

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$630.00	$610.00	Dec 4	$7.18	$7.18	$12.82	66%	0.56	$622.82
$605.00	$600.00	Nov 13	$1.62	$1.62	$3.38	83%	0.48	$603.38
$580.00	$570.00	Dec 4	$2.07	$2.07	$7.93	85%	0.26	$577.93
$635.00	$630.00	Nov 27	$2.52	$2.52	$2.48	64%	1.02	$632.48
$617.50	$615.00	Nov 6	$1.19	$1.19	$1.31	81%	0.91	$616.31

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 18 found (avg debit $8.10, cheapest $12.27)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$662.50	Oct 30	Nov 13	$12.27	70.3%	42.7%
$665.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$7.63	72.1%	47.2%
$667.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$7.25	69.7%	45.5%
$672.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$7.85	70.4%	48.0%
$670.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$7.80	69.5%	47.5%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$665.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$7.97	72.1%	47.2%
$672.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$6.95	70.4%	48.0%
$670.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$7.38	69.5%	47.5%
$655.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$8.05	69.4%	47.7%
$660.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$8.00	67.9%	48.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 143 found (cheapest 3.16% of stock, avg 7.86%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$657.50	Oct 30	$11.40	$9.40	$20.80	$636.70	$678.30	3.16%
$660.00	Oct 30	$9.60	$11.40	$21.00	$639.00	$681.00	3.19%
$662.50	Oct 30	$8.68	$12.60	$21.28	$641.22	$683.78	3.23%
$652.50	Oct 30	$13.98	$7.38	$21.36	$631.14	$673.86	3.24%
$655.00	Oct 30	$12.48	$9.20	$21.68	$633.32	$676.68	3.29%
$665.00	Oct 30	$8.00	$14.18	$22.18	$642.82	$687.18	3.36%
$650.00	Oct 30	$15.65	$6.58	$22.23	$627.77	$672.23	3.37%
$647.50	Oct 30	$16.95	$5.58	$22.53	$624.97	$670.03	3.42%
$667.50	Oct 30	$6.65	$16.15	$22.80	$644.70	$690.30	3.46%
$670.00	Oct 30	$5.88	$17.00	$22.88	$647.12	$692.88	3.47%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 165 found (cheapest 1.74% of stock, avg 5.61%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$670.00	$647.50	Oct 30	$5.88	$5.58	$11.46	$636.04	$681.46
$667.50	$647.50	Oct 30	$6.65	$5.58	$12.23	$635.27	$679.73
$670.00	$650.00	Oct 30	$5.88	$6.58	$12.46	$637.54	$682.46
$667.50	$650.00	Oct 30	$6.65	$6.58	$13.23	$636.77	$680.73
$670.00	$652.50	Oct 30	$5.88	$7.38	$13.26	$639.24	$683.26
$667.50	$652.50	Oct 30	$6.65	$7.38	$14.03	$638.47	$681.53
$665.00	$647.50	Oct 30	$8.00	$5.58	$13.58	$633.92	$678.58
$665.00	$650.00	Oct 30	$8.00	$6.58	$14.58	$635.42	$679.58
$665.00	$652.50	Oct 30	$8.00	$7.38	$15.38	$637.12	$680.38
$662.50	$647.50	Oct 30	$8.68	$5.58	$14.26	$633.24	$676.76

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 291 found (best R:R 5.10, avg credit $2.21)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
610/615	700/705	Nov 27	$4.18	$0.82	43%	5.10	$610.82	$704.18
615/620	700/705	Nov 27	$4.28	$0.72	41%	5.94	$615.72	$704.28
605/610	700/705	Nov 27	$3.94	$1.06	46%	3.72	$606.06	$703.94
620/625	700/705	Nov 27	$3.98	$1.02	38%	3.90	$621.02	$703.98
625/630	700/705	Nov 27	$4.10	$0.90	36%	4.56	$625.90	$704.10
615/618	685/688	Nov 6	$2.09	$0.41	52%	5.10	$615.41	$687.09
600/605	700/705	Nov 27	$3.47	$1.53	47%	2.27	$601.53	$703.47
600/605	695/700	Nov 13	$3.05	$1.95	54%	1.56	$601.95	$698.05
600/605	700/705	Nov 13	$2.87	$2.13	57%	1.35	$602.13	$702.87
615/618	688/690	Nov 6	$1.69	$0.81	54%	2.09	$615.81	$689.19

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 205 found (best R:R 110.11, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$660.00	$670.00	$680.00	Nov 20	$0.09	$9.91	11%	110.11
$630.00	$640.00	$650.00	Nov 20	$0.56	$9.44	12%	16.86
$550.00	$570.00	$590.00	Nov 20	$0.79	$19.21	8%	24.32
$687.50	$690.00	$692.50	Oct 30	$0.07	$2.43	5%	34.71
$695.00	$700.00	$705.00	Nov 13	$0.18	$4.82	6%	26.78

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$630.00	$640.00	$650.00	Nov 20	$0.15	$9.85	12%	65.67
$610.00	$620.00	$630.00	Nov 20	$0.20	$9.80	10%	49.00
$590.00	$600.00	$610.00	Nov 20	$0.18	$9.82	8%	54.56
$550.00	$560.00	$570.00	Nov 20	$0.12	$9.88	3%	82.33
$610.00	$615.00	$620.00	Nov 27	$0.10	$4.90	5%	49.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 173 found (best net $-11.88, 159 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$550.00	$600.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$11.88	$38.12
$600.00	$635.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$16.68	$18.32
$645.00	$680.00	1:2	Dec 11	-$12.18	$22.82
$740.00	$760.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$0.80	$19.20
$760.00	$790.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$0.69	$29.31

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$570.00	$550.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$1.13	$18.87
$630.00	$610.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$5.22	$14.78
$570.00	$560.00	1:2	Nov 6	$0.00	$10.00
$580.00	$570.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.18	$9.82
$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. 133 found (best yield 3.68%, avg 1.14%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$680.00	Dec 11	$24.25	0.44	3.1%	3.68%	6.83%	3	--
$685.00	Dec 11	$22.20	0.42	3.9%	3.37%	7.27%	3	--
$695.00	Dec 11	$18.70	0.38	5.4%	2.84%	8.26%	4	--
$700.00	Dec 11	$17.05	0.36	6.2%	2.59%	8.77%	4	--
$670.00	Dec 4	$25.35	0.46	1.6%	3.85%	5.48%	2	--
$675.00	Dec 4	$22.95	0.44	2.4%	3.48%	5.87%	1	2
$660.00	Dec 4	$29.20	0.51	0.1%	4.43%	4.54%	2	--
$665.00	Dec 4	$26.15	0.48	0.9%	3.97%	4.84%	2	--
$660.00	Nov 27	$27.10	0.51	0.1%	4.11%	4.22%	4	2
$665.00	Nov 27	$23.50	0.48	0.9%	3.56%	4.44%	--	26

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 8,726

Total Puts 5,754

Put/Call Ratio 0.66

Net Difference 2,972

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 1,277

Total Puts 847

Put/Call Ratio 0.66

Net Difference 430

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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