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CAT

CATERPILLAR INC

$655.91 -8.06%

(10/29 10:10) ◀

Thursday, October 29, 2026 (10:15am)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/29 10:15am) 19,549

Calls: 10,473 (54%)

Puts: 9,076 (46%)

Prior (10/08) 3,917

Calls: 2,275 (58%)

Puts: 1,642 (42%)

Current vs Prior +399.08%

Calls: +360.35% (Calls)

Puts: +452.74% (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 +3.17%

Calls: +3.27%

Puts: +3.06%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/29 10:15am) $34.03M

Calls: $11.67M (34%)

Puts: $22.36M (66%)

Prior (10/08) $4.96M

Calls: $2.92M (59%)

Puts: $2.04M (41%)

Current vs Prior +585.68%

Calls: +299.02%

Puts: +997.03%

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 -9.95%

Calls: -54.31%

Puts: +82.62%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/29 10:15am) 0.87

Prior (10/08) 0.72

Current vs Prior +20.07%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.85

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +1.49%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/29 10:15am) 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 3.21% | 5.84%8.90% | 12.12%

Prior 6.25% | 7.97%9.91% | 13.27%

Current vs Prior -48.57% | -26.70%-10.17% | -8.68%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg +11.13% | +13.78%+51.94% | -3.36%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -48.57% | -26.70%-6.98% | -4.85%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 41.76% | 28.07%

Calls: 32.16% | 19.86%

Puts: 51.36% | 36.28%

Prior 28.11% | 27.09%

Calls: 26.14% | 27.06%

Puts: 30.07% | 27.12%

Current vs Prior +48.56% | +3.62%

Prior 7-Day Avg 38.21% | 18.35%

Calls: 43.32% | 18.96%

Puts: 33.11% | 17.73%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +9.28% | +52.98%

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Moderately bearish flow with 66% put dollar volume ($22.36M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 586% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 399% vs prior - elevated interest.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

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
10:15	BEARISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:10	BEARISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 46 of results (avg 8.7%, best 5.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$560.00	Oct 30	91.55	98.45	$95.00	7.3%	8	1.00	1
$540.00	Nov 20	112.10	122.30	$117.20	8.7%	--	0.97	15
$540.00	Oct 30	111.05	121.25	$116.15	8.8%	5	1.00	1
$550.00	Nov 13	102.30	111.80	$107.05	8.9%	1	1.00	--
$660.00	Nov 20	24.10	26.50	$25.30	9.5%	12	0.50	56

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$785.00	Oct 30	126.85	134.05	$130.45	5.5%	11	1.00	35
$780.00	Nov 20	122.75	129.80	$126.28	5.6%	14	0.93	488
$760.00	Oct 30	102.00	109.05	$105.53	6.7%	11	1.00	121
$780.00	Oct 30	119.65	128.00	$123.83	6.7%	--	1.00	69
$740.00	Nov 27	85.90	92.15	$89.03	7.0%	2	0.87	19

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	111.05	121.25	$116.15	8.8%	5	1.00	1
$550.00	Oct 30	101.15	111.25	$106.20	9.5%	8	1.00	--
$560.00	Oct 30	91.55	98.45	$95.00	7.3%	8	1.00	1
$587.50	Oct 30	63.85	73.80	$68.83	14.5%	1	1.00	--
$592.50	Oct 30	59.15	68.85	$64.00	15.2%	1	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$780.00	Oct 30	119.65	128.00	$123.83	6.7%	--	1.00	69
$785.00	Oct 30	126.85	134.05	$130.45	5.5%	11	1.00	35
$760.00	Oct 30	102.00	109.05	$105.53	6.7%	11	1.00	121
$775.00	Oct 30	115.20	124.90	$120.05	8.1%	4	1.00	41
$752.50	Oct 30	91.75	101.75	$96.75	10.3%	6	1.00	4

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 455 active (total vol 11.1K, top 783)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$660.00	Oct 30	6.55	8.80	$7.68	29.3%	783	0.43	501
$662.50	Oct 30	5.60	7.65	$6.63	30.9%	551	0.39	506
$700.00	Oct 30	0.33	0.50	$0.42	40.5%	279	0.04	292
$655.00	Nov 13	20.95	26.00	$23.48	21.5%	271	0.51	3
$680.00	Oct 30	1.75	2.64	$2.20	40.5%	220	0.17	72

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Nov 20	6.60	7.65	$7.13	14.7%	235	0.18	943
$650.00	Oct 30	5.05	8.35	$6.70	49.3%	149	0.41	376
$597.50	Oct 30	0.01	0.69	$0.35	194.3%	136	0.03	37
$640.00	Oct 30	3.15	4.00	$3.58	23.7%	135	0.25	861
$592.50	Oct 30	0.00	0.20	$0.10	200.0%	132	0.01	17

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 53.5%, max 73.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$655.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	64.7%	37.3%	73.5%	100	13
$660.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	65.2%	38.4%	69.8%	786	501
$665.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	63.9%	38.8%	64.7%	66	10
$680.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	65.3%	39.7%	64.5%	223	72
$635.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	62.0%	38.2%	62.4%	5	14

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$655.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	64.7%	37.3%	73.5%	32	97
$660.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	65.2%	38.4%	69.8%	55	506
$680.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	65.3%	39.1%	67.0%	62	308
$665.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	63.9%	38.8%	64.7%	25	161
$670.00	Oct 30	Nov 27	64.7%	39.4%	64.3%	95	307

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 309 found (best R:R 3.95, avg 5.32)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$645.00	$655.00	Dec 11	$2.02	$7.98	$2.02	59%	3.95	$647.02
$635.00	$640.00	Nov 27	$0.71	$4.29	$0.71	64%	6.04	$635.71
$650.00	$655.00	Nov 27	$1.00	$4.00	$1.00	56%	4.00	$651.00
$635.00	$640.00	Dec 4	$1.55	$3.45	$1.55	63%	2.23	$636.55
$657.50	$660.00	Nov 6	$0.20	$2.30	$0.20	49%	11.50	$657.70

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$705.00	$700.00	Oct 30	$2.68	$2.32	$2.68	98%	0.87	$702.32
$740.00	$737.50	Nov 6	$0.37	$2.13	$0.37	95%	5.76	$739.63
$722.50	$720.00	Oct 30	$0.68	$1.82	$0.68	99%	2.68	$721.82
$737.50	$735.00	Oct 30	$0.90	$1.60	$0.90	100%	1.78	$736.60
$727.50	$725.00	Oct 30	$0.90	$1.60	$0.90	99%	1.78	$726.60

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 231 found (best R:R 0.24, avg 0.39)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$700.00	$775.00	Dec 11	$14.46	$14.46	$60.54	65%	0.24	$714.46
$752.50	$755.00	Nov 6	$1.72	$1.72	$0.78	92%	2.21	$754.22
$735.00	$740.00	Nov 6	$1.38	$1.38	$3.62	90%	0.38	$736.38
$702.50	$705.00	Nov 6	$1.37	$1.37	$1.13	84%	1.21	$703.87
$680.00	$685.00	Nov 13	$2.52	$2.52	$2.48	65%	1.02	$682.52

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$580.00	$570.00	Nov 27	$2.10	$2.10	$7.90	86%	0.27	$577.90
$630.00	$610.00	Dec 4	$6.58	$6.58	$13.42	66%	0.49	$623.42
$580.00	$570.00	Dec 4	$2.17	$2.17	$7.83	84%	0.28	$577.83
$640.00	$635.00	Nov 27	$2.78	$2.78	$2.22	61%	1.25	$637.22
$650.00	$640.00	Nov 20	$5.02	$5.02	$4.98	56%	1.01	$644.98

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 17 found (avg debit $8.90, cheapest $13.79)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$662.50	Oct 30	Nov 13	$13.79	64.7%	45.0%
$655.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$8.93	64.7%	46.1%
$657.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$8.20	63.8%	45.2%
$665.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$8.02	63.9%	45.6%
$660.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$8.87	65.2%	47.6%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$655.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$8.07	64.7%	46.1%
$657.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$8.30	63.8%	45.2%
$665.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$8.27	63.9%	45.6%
$660.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$8.53	65.2%	47.6%
$645.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$8.17	62.1%	46.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 140 found (cheapest 2.87% of stock, avg 7.71%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$652.50	Oct 30	$11.00	$7.85	$18.85	$633.65	$671.35	2.87%
$650.00	Oct 30	$12.33	$6.70	$19.03	$630.97	$669.03	2.90%
$657.50	Oct 30	$8.55	$11.13	$19.68	$637.82	$677.18	3.00%
$655.00	Oct 30	$9.95	$9.93	$19.88	$635.12	$674.88	3.03%
$647.50	Oct 30	$13.90	$6.15	$20.05	$627.45	$667.55	3.06%
$660.00	Oct 30	$7.68	$12.40	$20.08	$639.92	$680.08	3.06%
$662.50	Oct 30	$6.63	$14.13	$20.76	$641.74	$683.26	3.17%
$645.00	Oct 30	$15.70	$5.28	$20.98	$624.02	$665.98	3.20%
$665.00	Oct 30	$5.63	$15.73	$21.36	$643.64	$686.36	3.26%
$642.50	Oct 30	$17.35	$4.40	$21.75	$620.75	$664.25	3.32%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 170 found (cheapest 1.54% of stock, avg 5.70%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$667.50	$645.00	Oct 30	$4.85	$5.28	$10.13	$634.87	$677.63
$665.00	$645.00	Oct 30	$5.63	$5.28	$10.91	$634.09	$675.91
$667.50	$647.50	Oct 30	$4.85	$6.15	$11.00	$636.50	$678.50
$665.00	$647.50	Oct 30	$5.63	$6.15	$11.78	$635.72	$676.78
$662.50	$645.00	Oct 30	$6.63	$5.28	$11.91	$633.09	$674.41
$667.50	$650.00	Oct 30	$4.85	$6.70	$11.55	$638.45	$679.05
$662.50	$647.50	Oct 30	$6.63	$6.15	$12.78	$634.72	$675.28
$665.00	$650.00	Oct 30	$5.63	$6.70	$12.33	$637.67	$677.33
$662.50	$650.00	Oct 30	$6.63	$6.70	$13.33	$636.67	$675.83
$660.00	$645.00	Oct 30	$7.68	$5.28	$12.96	$632.04	$672.96

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 292 found (best R:R 2.16, avg credit $2.17)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
618/620	688/690	Nov 6	$1.71	$0.79	54%	2.16	$618.29	$689.21
600/605	690/695	Nov 13	$2.90	$2.10	53%	1.38	$602.10	$692.90
610/615	680/685	Nov 6	$2.99	$2.01	51%	1.49	$612.01	$682.99
585/590	680/685	Nov 6	$2.38	$2.62	62%	0.91	$587.62	$682.38
570/580	725/735	Dec 4	$4.30	$5.70	62%	0.75	$575.70	$729.30
610/615	690/695	Nov 27	$3.43	$1.57	39%	2.18	$611.57	$693.43
595/600	680/685	Nov 6	$2.38	$2.62	59%	0.91	$597.62	$682.38
605/610	680/685	Nov 6	$2.60	$2.40	54%	1.08	$607.40	$682.60
600/605	700/705	Nov 13	$2.40	$2.60	58%	0.92	$602.60	$702.40
605/610	690/695	Nov 27	$3.25	$1.75	41%	1.86	$606.75	$693.25

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 208 found (best R:R 51.63, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$620.00	$630.00	$640.00	Nov 20	$0.19	$9.81	11%	51.63
$630.00	$640.00	$650.00	Nov 20	$0.28	$9.72	12%	34.71
$650.00	$660.00	$670.00	Nov 20	$0.43	$9.57	12%	22.26
$675.00	$680.00	$685.00	Nov 6	$0.10	$4.90	9%	49.00
$770.00	$775.00	$780.00	Nov 27	$0.06	$4.94	4%	82.33

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$610.00	$620.00	$630.00	Nov 20	$0.42	$9.58	10%	22.81
$590.00	$600.00	$610.00	Nov 20	$0.34	$9.66	8%	28.41
$570.00	$580.00	$590.00	Nov 20	$0.24	$9.76	6%	40.67
$620.00	$625.00	$630.00	Nov 27	$0.07	$4.93	5%	70.43
$640.00	$642.50	$645.00	Oct 30	$0.06	$2.44	8%	40.67

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 170 found (best net $-3.46, 157 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$570.00	$620.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$3.46	$46.54
$550.00	$600.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$13.61	$36.39
$600.00	$635.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$18.51	$16.49
$740.00	$760.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$1.04	$18.96
$717.50	$720.00	1:2	Oct 30	$0.00	$2.50

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$570.00	$550.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.09	$19.91
$570.00	$550.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$0.82	$19.18
$570.00	$550.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$1.08	$18.92
$580.00	$570.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.08	$9.92
$582.50	$580.00	1:2	Oct 30	$0.00	$2.50

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 134 found (best yield 4.68%, avg 1.14%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$660.00	Dec 11	$30.70	0.52	0.6%	4.68%	5.30%	3	--
$680.00	Dec 11	$22.30	0.43	3.7%	3.40%	7.07%	3	--
$685.00	Dec 11	$20.55	0.41	4.4%	3.13%	7.57%	3	--
$695.00	Dec 11	$17.15	0.37	6.0%	2.61%	8.57%	4	--
$700.00	Dec 11	$15.55	0.35	6.7%	2.37%	9.09%	4	--
$665.00	Dec 4	$26.10	0.48	1.4%	3.98%	5.37%	2	--
$660.00	Dec 4	$28.25	0.51	0.6%	4.31%	4.93%	3	--
$675.00	Dec 4	$21.55	0.44	2.9%	3.29%	6.20%	1	2
$670.00	Dec 4	$23.35	0.46	2.1%	3.56%	5.71%	2	--
$660.00	Nov 27	$26.10	0.50	0.6%	3.98%	4.60%	4	2

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 10,473

Total Puts 9,076

Put/Call Ratio 0.87

Net Difference 1,397

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 2,275

Total Puts 1,642

Put/Call Ratio 0.72

Net Difference 633

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 70,993

Total Puts 61,644

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.85

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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 Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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