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CAT

CATERPILLAR INC

$662.84 -7.08%

(10/29 10:15) ◀

Thursday, October 29, 2026 (10:20am)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/29 10:20am) 20,599

Calls: 10,954 (53%)

Puts: 9,645 (47%)

Prior (10/08) 4,193

Calls: 2,430 (58%)

Puts: 1,763 (42%)

Current vs Prior +391.27%

Calls: +350.78% (Calls)

Puts: +447.08% (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 +8.71%

Calls: +8.01%

Puts: +9.52%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/29 10:20am) $36.02M

Calls: $14.01M (39%)

Puts: $22.01M (61%)

Prior (10/08) $5.28M

Calls: $3.18M (60%)

Puts: $2.09M (40%)

Current vs Prior +582.88%

Calls: +340.41%

Puts: +951.13%

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 -4.67%

Calls: -45.16%

Puts: +79.82%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/29 10:20am) 0.88

Prior (10/08) 0.73

Current vs Prior +21.36%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.85

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +3.12%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/29 10:20am) 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 3.10% | 5.90%8.88% | 11.92%

Prior 6.25% | 7.97%9.91% | 13.27%

Current vs Prior -50.41% | -26.03%-10.38% | -10.21%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg +7.17% | +14.81%+51.59% | -4.98%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -50.41% | -26.03%-7.20% | -6.44%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 24.61% | 22.55%

Calls: 20.51% | 15.96%

Puts: 28.70% | 29.13%

Prior 28.11% | 27.09%

Calls: 26.14% | 27.06%

Puts: 30.07% | 27.12%

Current vs Prior -12.45% | -16.76%

Prior 7-Day Avg 38.21% | 18.35%

Calls: 43.32% | 18.96%

Puts: 33.11% | 17.73%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -35.60% | +22.90%

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Moderately bearish flow with 61% put dollar volume ($22.01M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 583% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 391% 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
10:20	BEARISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 43 of results (avg 8.9%, best 5.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$665.00	Oct 30	8.50	9.20	$8.85	7.9%	71	0.46	10
$700.00	Nov 20	12.50	13.55	$13.03	8.1%	129	0.31	151
$540.00	Oct 30	114.65	125.25	$119.95	8.8%	5	1.00	1
$720.00	Nov 20	7.60	8.35	$7.98	9.4%	42	0.22	141
$550.00	Nov 13	105.90	116.35	$111.13	9.4%	1	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$740.00	Nov 20	79.55	84.20	$81.88	5.7%	26	0.85	530
$790.00	Nov 13	124.00	132.15	$128.07	6.4%	2	0.96	19
$795.00	Oct 30	130.70	140.85	$135.77	7.5%	2	1.00	100
$680.00	Nov 20	34.25	37.00	$35.63	7.7%	41	0.59	315
$790.00	Nov 20	126.20	136.35	$131.28	7.7%	2	0.95	447

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. 252 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$540.00	Oct 30	114.65	125.25	$119.95	8.8%	5	1.00	1
$550.00	Oct 30	104.30	114.80	$109.55	9.6%	8	1.00	--
$560.00	Oct 30	94.50	104.20	$99.35	9.8%	8	1.00	1
$587.50	Oct 30	68.40	78.40	$73.40	13.6%	1	1.00	--
$592.50	Oct 30	62.20	72.15	$67.18	14.8%	1	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$780.00	Oct 30	114.70	124.20	$119.45	8.0%	--	1.00	69
$795.00	Oct 30	130.70	140.85	$135.77	7.5%	2	1.00	100
$760.00	Oct 30	95.20	105.20	$100.20	10.0%	11	1.00	121
$790.00	Oct 30	125.35	135.45	$130.40	7.7%	3	1.00	50
$752.50	Oct 30	88.05	98.05	$93.05	10.7%	6	1.00	4

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 476 active (total vol 11.8K, top 821)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$660.00	Oct 30	10.05	12.15	$11.10	18.9%	821	0.54	501
$662.50	Oct 30	8.75	10.75	$9.75	20.5%	562	0.50	506
$700.00	Oct 30	0.55	0.88	$0.72	45.8%	300	0.07	292
$655.00	Nov 13	23.25	29.25	$26.25	22.9%	272	0.56	3
$675.00	Oct 30	3.80	5.10	$4.45	29.2%	225	0.30	24

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Nov 20	5.40	6.35	$5.88	16.2%	236	0.16	943
$650.00	Oct 30	4.00	5.30	$4.65	28.0%	165	0.30	376
$640.00	Oct 30	2.00	2.71	$2.36	30.1%	151	0.18	861
$597.50	Oct 30	0.00	0.68	$0.34	200.0%	136	0.03	37
$620.00	Nov 20	9.35	11.65	$10.50	21.9%	133	0.25	318

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 32 strikes (avg 52.6%, max 91.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$655.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	68.1%	35.5%	91.8%	107	13
$640.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	63.3%	37.9%	67.1%	67	20
$660.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	60.4%	36.7%	64.5%	824	501
$665.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	63.6%	40.1%	58.4%	73	10
$652.50	Oct 30	Nov 13	67.6%	43.3%	56.1%	17	10

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$655.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	68.1%	35.5%	91.8%	32	97
$645.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	61.6%	36.2%	70.2%	55	104
$650.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	61.0%	36.1%	69.2%	179	376
$640.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	63.3%	37.9%	67.1%	156	871
$660.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	60.4%	36.7%	64.5%	97	506

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 301 found (best R:R 1.67, avg 5.54)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$660.00	$680.00	Dec 11	$7.50	$12.50	$7.50	52%	1.67	$667.50
$650.00	$660.00	Nov 20	$3.63	$6.37	$3.63	59%	1.75	$653.63
$635.00	$640.00	Nov 6	$1.90	$3.10	$1.90	74%	1.63	$636.90
$640.00	$650.00	Dec 4	$4.42	$5.58	$4.42	62%	1.26	$644.42
$710.00	$720.00	Nov 13	$0.47	$9.53	$0.47	20%	20.28	$710.47

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$677.50	$675.00	Oct 30	$0.17	$2.33	$0.17	73%	13.71	$677.33
$695.00	$690.00	Nov 13	$1.98	$3.02	$1.98	72%	1.53	$693.02
$790.00	$785.00	Nov 13	$3.27	$1.73	$3.27	96%	0.53	$786.73
$700.00	$697.50	Oct 30	$0.84	$1.66	$0.84	93%	1.98	$699.16
$725.00	$720.00	Nov 6	$3.05	$1.95	$3.05	90%	0.64	$721.95

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 221 found (best R:R 0.29, avg 0.53)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$700.00	$775.00	Dec 11	$17.00	$17.00	$58.00	63%	0.29	$717.00
$752.50	$755.00	Nov 6	$1.69	$1.69	$0.81	91%	2.09	$754.19
$700.00	$705.00	Nov 20	$2.83	$2.83	$2.17	69%	1.30	$702.83
$690.00	$695.00	Dec 4	$3.16	$3.16	$1.84	62%	1.72	$693.16
$665.00	$670.00	Nov 13	$3.60	$3.60	$1.40	51%	2.57	$668.60

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$615.00	$610.00	Nov 27	$3.18	$3.18	$1.82	75%	1.75	$611.82
$630.00	$610.00	Dec 4	$7.03	$7.03	$12.97	67%	0.54	$622.97
$580.00	$570.00	Dec 4	$2.72	$2.72	$7.28	85%	0.37	$577.28
$660.00	$655.00	Dec 11	$3.67	$3.67	$1.33	53%	2.76	$656.33
$647.50	$645.00	Nov 6	$2.13	$2.13	$0.37	63%	5.76	$645.37

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 19 found (avg debit $9.04, cheapest $6.88)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$657.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$9.47	69.2%	44.9%
$652.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$8.98	67.6%	45.9%
$655.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$8.58	68.1%	48.2%
$662.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$8.73	65.0%	47.5%
$675.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$7.65	61.7%	44.8%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$657.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$6.88	69.2%	44.9%
$652.50	Oct 30	Nov 13	$13.54	67.6%	43.3%
$662.50	Oct 30	Nov 13	$13.85	65.0%	44.3%
$655.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$8.58	68.1%	48.2%
$675.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$7.00	61.7%	44.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 151 found (cheapest 2.94% of stock, avg 7.75%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$660.00	Oct 30	$11.10	$8.38	$19.48	$640.52	$679.48	2.94%
$665.00	Oct 30	$8.85	$10.80	$19.65	$645.35	$684.65	2.96%
$662.50	Oct 30	$9.75	$10.20	$19.95	$642.55	$682.45	3.01%
$670.00	Oct 30	$6.03	$14.10	$20.13	$649.87	$690.13	3.04%
$667.50	Oct 30	$6.65	$13.68	$20.33	$647.17	$687.83	3.07%
$650.00	Oct 30	$15.80	$4.65	$20.45	$629.55	$670.45	3.09%
$657.50	Oct 30	$12.03	$8.57	$20.60	$636.90	$678.10	3.11%
$655.00	Oct 30	$13.75	$7.35	$21.10	$633.90	$676.10	3.18%
$647.50	Oct 30	$17.73	$3.68	$21.41	$626.09	$668.91	3.23%
$652.50	Oct 30	$15.40	$5.98	$21.38	$631.12	$673.88	3.23%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 170 found (cheapest 1.37% of stock, avg 5.60%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$675.00	$650.00	Oct 30	$4.45	$4.65	$9.10	$640.90	$684.10
$672.50	$650.00	Oct 30	$4.93	$4.65	$9.58	$640.42	$682.08
$675.00	$652.50	Oct 30	$4.45	$5.98	$10.43	$642.07	$685.43
$672.50	$652.50	Oct 30	$4.93	$5.98	$10.91	$641.59	$683.41
$670.00	$650.00	Oct 30	$6.03	$4.65	$10.68	$639.32	$680.68
$670.00	$652.50	Oct 30	$6.03	$5.98	$12.01	$640.49	$682.01
$667.50	$650.00	Oct 30	$6.65	$4.65	$11.30	$638.70	$678.80
$675.00	$655.00	Oct 30	$4.45	$7.35	$11.80	$643.20	$686.80
$672.50	$655.00	Oct 30	$4.93	$7.35	$12.28	$642.72	$684.78
$667.50	$652.50	Oct 30	$6.65	$5.98	$12.63	$639.87	$680.13

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 329 found (best R:R 40.67, avg credit $2.13)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
610/615	710/715	Nov 27	$4.88	$0.12	48%	40.67	$610.12	$714.88
610/615	700/705	Nov 27	$4.75	$0.25	44%	19.00	$610.25	$704.75
600/605	685/690	Nov 13	$3.93	$1.07	48%	3.67	$601.07	$688.93
625/630	720/725	Nov 27	$4.05	$0.95	45%	4.26	$625.95	$724.05
600/605	720/725	Nov 13	$3.01	$1.99	65%	1.51	$601.99	$723.01
600/605	735/740	Dec 4	$3.31	$1.69	57%	1.96	$601.69	$738.31
570/580	735/740	Dec 4	$4.67	$5.33	64%	0.88	$575.33	$739.67
615/620	720/725	Nov 27	$3.52	$1.48	49%	2.38	$616.48	$723.52
600/605	720/725	Nov 27	$3.10	$1.90	57%	1.63	$601.90	$723.10
625/628	678/680	Oct 30	$1.58	$0.92	66%	1.72	$625.92	$679.08

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 207 found (best R:R 22.26, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$550.00	$570.00	$590.00	Nov 20	$0.86	$19.14	12%	22.26
$660.00	$670.00	$680.00	Nov 20	$0.49	$9.51	11%	19.41
$665.00	$670.00	$675.00	Dec 4	$0.05	$4.95	5%	99.00
$660.00	$665.00	$670.00	Dec 4	$0.07	$4.93	5%	70.43
$660.00	$665.00	$670.00	Nov 27	$0.09	$4.91	5%	54.56

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$650.00	$660.00	$670.00	Nov 20	$0.29	$9.71	12%	33.48
$550.00	$560.00	$570.00	Nov 20	$0.07	$9.93	4%	141.86
$640.00	$650.00	$660.00	Nov 20	$0.53	$9.47	12%	17.87
$570.00	$580.00	$590.00	Nov 27	$0.17	$9.83	5%	57.82
$770.00	$780.00	$790.00	Nov 27	$0.09	$9.91	4%	110.11

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 175 found (best net $-14.90, 161 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$550.00	$600.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$14.90	$35.10
$570.00	$620.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$9.46	$40.54
$600.00	$635.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$20.06	$14.94
$760.00	$790.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$0.82	$29.18
$740.00	$760.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$2.55	$17.45

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$750.00	$690.00	1:2	Dec 11	-$4.70	$55.30
$570.00	$550.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$0.93	$19.07
$630.00	$610.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$5.07	$14.93
$580.00	$570.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.10	$9.90
$597.50	$595.00	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. 129 found (best yield 3.84%, avg 1.06%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$680.00	Dec 11	$25.45	0.45	2.6%	3.84%	6.43%	3	--
$685.00	Dec 11	$23.40	0.42	3.3%	3.53%	6.87%	3	--
$695.00	Dec 11	$19.65	0.39	4.8%	2.96%	7.82%	4	--
$700.00	Dec 11	$17.95	0.37	5.6%	2.71%	8.31%	4	--
$670.00	Dec 4	$25.55	0.47	1.1%	3.85%	4.93%	2	--
$690.00	Dec 4	$18.55	0.38	4.1%	2.80%	6.90%	1	4
$675.00	Dec 4	$23.25	0.45	1.8%	3.51%	5.34%	1	2
$665.00	Dec 4	$27.05	0.50	0.3%	4.08%	4.41%	2	--
$695.00	Dec 4	$15.70	0.35	4.8%	2.37%	7.22%	2	5
$665.00	Nov 27	$24.55	0.50	0.3%	3.70%	4.03%	--	26

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 10,954

Total Puts 9,645

Put/Call Ratio 0.88

Net Difference 1,309

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 2,430

Total Puts 1,763

Put/Call Ratio 0.73

Net Difference 667

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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Earnings - Day Before / Day After

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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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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