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CAT

CATERPILLAR INC

$660.96 -7.35%

(10/29 10:20) ◀

Thursday, October 29, 2026 (10:25am)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/29 10:25am) 22,097

Calls: 11,661 (53%)

Puts: 10,436 (47%)

Prior (10/08) 4,453

Calls: 2,574 (58%)

Puts: 1,879 (42%)

Current vs Prior +396.23%

Calls: +353.03% (Calls)

Puts: +455.40% (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 +16.62%

Calls: +14.98%

Puts: +18.51%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/29 10:25am) $38.25M

Calls: $15.06M (39%)

Puts: $23.19M (61%)

Prior (10/08) $5.59M

Calls: $3.32M (59%)

Puts: $2.27M (41%)

Current vs Prior +583.86%

Calls: +353.37%

Puts: +921.05%

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 +1.24%

Calls: -41.03%

Puts: +89.42%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/29 10:25am) 0.89

Prior (10/08) 0.73

Current vs Prior +22.60%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.85

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +4.80%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/29 10:25am) 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 3.11% | 5.68%8.97% | 12.13%

Prior 6.25% | 7.97%9.91% | 13.27%

Current vs Prior -50.24% | -28.76%-9.47% | -8.58%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg +7.53% | +10.57%+53.13% | -3.26%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -50.24% | -28.76%-6.25% | -4.75%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 18.05% | 9.46%

Calls: 13.90% | 9.28%

Puts: 22.21% | 9.65%

Prior 28.11% | 27.09%

Calls: 26.14% | 27.06%

Puts: 30.07% | 27.12%

Current vs Prior -35.79% | -65.08%

Prior 7-Day Avg 38.21% | 18.35%

Calls: 43.32% | 18.96%

Puts: 33.11% | 17.73%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -52.76% | -48.44%

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Moderately bearish flow with 61% put dollar volume ($23.19M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 584% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 396% vs prior - elevated interest.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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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
10:25	BEARISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 60 of results (avg 8.4%, best 3.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$657.50	Nov 6	20.00	21.00	$20.50	4.9%	8	0.55	--
$660.00	Nov 20	27.40	29.10	$28.25	6.0%	15	0.53	56
$570.00	Nov 20	92.90	98.80	$95.85	6.2%	--	0.92	26
$675.00	Nov 6	12.00	12.85	$12.43	6.8%	46	0.40	12
$540.00	Oct 30	115.70	125.45	$120.58	8.1%	5	1.00	1

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$680.00	Nov 20	35.35	36.75	$36.05	3.9%	41	0.59	315
$790.00	Nov 6	125.40	133.00	$129.20	5.9%	2	1.00	100
$790.00	Oct 30	125.05	132.70	$128.88	5.9%	3	1.00	50
$660.00	Nov 27	26.60	28.30	$27.45	6.2%	4	0.47	43
$675.00	Nov 27	34.05	36.25	$35.15	6.3%	13	0.55	98

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	115.70	125.45	$120.58	8.1%	5	1.00	1
$550.00	Nov 13	107.15	119.50	$113.33	10.9%	1	1.00	--
$560.00	Oct 30	96.60	104.80	$100.70	8.1%	8	1.00	1
$550.00	Oct 30	105.70	115.85	$110.78	9.2%	8	1.00	--
$587.50	Oct 30	68.60	78.60	$73.60	13.6%	1	0.99	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$707.50	Oct 30	42.60	52.35	$47.48	20.5%	14	1.00	31
$710.00	Oct 30	45.10	54.60	$49.85	19.1%	15	1.00	151
$712.50	Oct 30	47.75	57.10	$52.43	17.8%	3	1.00	43
$715.00	Oct 30	50.10	59.70	$54.90	17.5%	16	1.00	129
$717.50	Oct 30	51.65	60.00	$55.83	15.0%	2	1.00	218

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 478 active (total vol 12.6K, top 828)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$660.00	Oct 30	9.70	11.15	$10.43	13.9%	828	0.53	501
$662.50	Oct 30	8.40	9.70	$9.05	14.4%	567	0.49	506
$700.00	Oct 30	0.34	0.71	$0.53	69.8%	320	0.05	292
$655.00	Nov 13	25.45	29.20	$27.33	13.7%	272	0.55	3
$675.00	Oct 30	3.65	4.75	$4.20	26.2%	231	0.29	24

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Nov 20	5.25	7.00	$6.13	28.5%	241	0.16	943
$650.00	Oct 30	4.10	5.00	$4.55	19.8%	179	0.30	376
$640.00	Oct 30	2.00	2.60	$2.30	26.1%	163	0.18	861
$620.00	Oct 30	0.27	0.64	$0.46	80.4%	148	0.04	309
$630.00	Oct 30	0.87	1.17	$1.02	29.4%	141	0.09	178

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 49.0%, max 68.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$655.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	61.7%	36.5%	68.9%	107	13
$660.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	62.2%	38.4%	61.7%	831	501
$640.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	62.0%	38.6%	60.4%	68	20
$652.50	Oct 30	Nov 13	64.8%	41.1%	57.7%	17	10
$675.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	60.8%	39.4%	54.4%	232	26

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$655.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	61.7%	36.5%	68.9%	33	97
$645.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	61.5%	37.2%	65.3%	59	104
$660.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	62.2%	38.4%	61.7%	108	506
$640.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	62.0%	38.6%	60.4%	168	871
$650.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	60.2%	38.0%	58.3%	196	376

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 327 found (best R:R 9.00, avg 5.08)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$640.00	$645.00	Nov 27	$0.50	$4.50	$0.50	64%	9.00	$640.50
$645.00	$655.00	Dec 11	$3.25	$6.75	$3.25	60%	2.08	$648.25
$620.00	$630.00	Nov 20	$4.82	$5.18	$4.82	76%	1.07	$624.82
$635.00	$640.00	Nov 6	$1.88	$3.12	$1.88	73%	1.66	$636.88
$645.00	$650.00	Dec 4	$1.28	$3.72	$1.28	61%	2.91	$646.28

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$750.00	$742.50	Nov 20	$4.65	$2.85	$4.65	87%	0.61	$745.35
$740.00	$737.50	Nov 20	$0.43	$2.07	$0.43	85%	4.81	$739.57
$717.50	$715.00	Oct 30	$0.93	$1.57	$0.93	100%	1.69	$716.57
$737.50	$735.00	Nov 6	$0.70	$1.80	$0.70	93%	2.57	$736.80
$695.00	$690.00	Nov 20	$1.75	$3.25	$1.75	67%	1.86	$693.25

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 234 found (best R:R 0.28, avg 0.43)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$700.00	$775.00	Dec 11	$16.20	$16.20	$58.80	63%	0.28	$716.20
$725.00	$730.00	Nov 27	$2.23	$2.23	$2.77	78%	0.81	$727.23
$690.00	$695.00	Dec 4	$3.05	$3.05	$1.95	61%	1.56	$693.05
$675.00	$680.00	Nov 6	$2.93	$2.93	$2.07	60%	1.42	$677.93
$750.00	$755.00	Nov 27	$1.64	$1.64	$3.36	86%	0.49	$751.64

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$660.00	$655.00	Dec 11	$4.25	$4.25	$0.75	53%	5.67	$655.75
$630.00	$620.00	Nov 20	$4.42	$4.42	$5.58	70%	0.79	$625.58
$630.00	$610.00	Dec 4	$6.85	$6.85	$13.15	67%	0.52	$623.15
$615.00	$610.00	Nov 27	$2.47	$2.47	$2.53	76%	0.98	$612.53
$650.00	$645.00	Dec 11	$3.00	$3.00	$2.00	58%	1.50	$647.00

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 20 found (avg debit $8.56, cheapest $12.35)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$657.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$9.07	63.7%	45.0%
$652.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$7.30	64.8%	46.3%
$655.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$9.60	61.7%	44.3%
$660.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$8.97	62.2%	45.4%
$670.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$8.20	61.5%	45.0%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$652.50	Oct 30	Nov 13	$12.35	64.8%	41.1%
$657.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$7.98	63.7%	45.0%
$655.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$7.90	61.7%	44.3%
$660.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$8.45	62.2%	45.4%
$670.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$8.15	61.5%	45.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 153 found (cheapest 2.88% of stock, avg 7.71%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$665.00	Oct 30	$7.73	$11.33	$19.06	$645.94	$684.06	2.88%
$662.50	Oct 30	$9.05	$10.13	$19.18	$643.32	$681.68	2.90%
$660.00	Oct 30	$10.43	$8.82	$19.25	$640.75	$679.25	2.91%
$655.00	Oct 30	$12.78	$6.55	$19.33	$635.67	$674.33	2.92%
$657.50	Oct 30	$11.43	$7.90	$19.33	$638.17	$676.83	2.92%
$667.50	Oct 30	$6.68	$13.08	$19.76	$647.74	$687.26	2.99%
$670.00	Oct 30	$5.88	$14.40	$20.28	$649.72	$690.28	3.07%
$672.50	Oct 30	$4.90	$16.05	$20.95	$651.55	$693.45	3.17%
$650.00	Oct 30	$17.23	$4.55	$21.78	$628.22	$671.78	3.30%
$652.50	Oct 30	$15.80	$6.05	$21.85	$630.65	$674.35	3.31%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 170 found (cheapest 1.43% of stock, avg 5.63%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$672.50	$650.00	Oct 30	$4.90	$4.55	$9.45	$640.55	$681.95
$670.00	$650.00	Oct 30	$5.88	$4.55	$10.43	$639.57	$680.43
$672.50	$652.50	Oct 30	$4.90	$6.05	$10.95	$641.55	$683.45
$670.00	$652.50	Oct 30	$5.88	$6.05	$11.93	$640.57	$681.93
$672.50	$655.00	Oct 30	$4.90	$6.55	$11.45	$643.55	$683.95
$667.50	$650.00	Oct 30	$6.68	$4.55	$11.23	$638.77	$678.73
$670.00	$655.00	Oct 30	$5.88	$6.55	$12.43	$642.57	$682.43
$667.50	$652.50	Oct 30	$6.68	$6.05	$12.73	$639.77	$680.23
$667.50	$655.00	Oct 30	$6.68	$6.55	$13.23	$641.77	$680.73
$672.50	$657.50	Oct 30	$4.90	$7.90	$12.80	$644.70	$685.30

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 304 found (best R:R 11.20, avg credit $2.18)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
610/615	695/700	Nov 27	$4.59	$0.41	41%	11.20	$610.41	$699.59
610/615	710/715	Nov 27	$4.17	$0.83	48%	5.02	$610.83	$714.17
600/605	690/695	Nov 13	$3.77	$1.23	51%	3.07	$601.23	$693.77
610/615	700/705	Nov 27	$3.80	$1.20	44%	3.17	$611.20	$703.80
600/605	720/725	Dec 4	$3.36	$1.64	52%	2.05	$601.64	$723.36
610/615	690/695	Nov 6	$2.90	$2.10	57%	1.38	$612.10	$692.90
600/605	700/705	Nov 13	$2.75	$2.25	58%	1.22	$602.25	$702.75
600/605	705/710	Nov 13	$2.60	$2.40	60%	1.08	$602.40	$707.60
600/605	735/740	Dec 4	$2.76	$2.24	57%	1.23	$602.24	$737.76
590/592	690/695	Nov 13	$2.74	$2.26	56%	1.21	$589.76	$692.74

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 198 found (best R:R 82.33, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$660.00	$662.50	$665.00	Oct 30	$0.06	$2.44	8%	40.67
$675.00	$677.50	$680.00	Oct 30	$0.05	$2.45	7%	49.00
$685.00	$690.00	$695.00	Nov 20	$0.10	$4.90	5%	49.00
$700.00	$705.00	$710.00	Nov 13	$0.15	$4.85	5%	32.33
$747.50	$750.00	$752.50	Oct 30	$0.05	$2.45	1%	49.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$590.00	$600.00	$610.00	Nov 20	$0.12	$9.88	8%	82.33
$600.00	$610.00	$620.00	Nov 20	$0.30	$9.70	8%	32.33
$570.00	$580.00	$590.00	Nov 27	$0.11	$9.89	4%	89.91
$560.00	$570.00	$580.00	Nov 6	$0.09	$9.91	2%	110.11
$635.00	$637.50	$640.00	Oct 30	$0.08	$2.42	6%	30.25

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 172 found (best net $-3.20, 164 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$550.00	$600.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$15.45	$34.55
$570.00	$620.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$8.11	$41.89
$600.00	$635.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$20.41	$14.59
$760.00	$790.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$0.67	$29.33
$740.00	$760.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$2.30	$17.70

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$750.00	$690.00	1:2	Dec 11	-$3.20	$56.80
$570.00	$550.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$0.91	$19.09
$570.00	$550.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$1.02	$18.98
$630.00	$610.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$5.00	$15.00
$580.00	$570.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.11	$9.89

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 134 found (best yield 3.65%, avg 1.12%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$685.00	Dec 11	$24.10	0.43	3.6%	3.65%	7.28%	3	--
$680.00	Dec 11	$25.65	0.45	2.9%	3.88%	6.76%	3	--
$695.00	Dec 11	$20.00	0.39	5.2%	3.03%	8.18%	4	--
$700.00	Dec 11	$17.35	0.37	5.9%	2.62%	8.53%	4	--
$675.00	Dec 4	$25.00	0.46	2.1%	3.78%	5.91%	1	2
$665.00	Dec 4	$29.35	0.51	0.6%	4.44%	5.05%	2	--
$670.00	Dec 4	$25.55	0.48	1.4%	3.87%	5.23%	2	--
$690.00	Dec 4	$18.55	0.39	4.4%	2.81%	7.20%	1	4
$665.00	Nov 27	$27.15	0.51	0.6%	4.11%	4.72%	--	26
$670.00	Nov 27	$24.75	0.48	1.4%	3.74%	5.11%	5	3

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 11,661

Total Puts 10,436

Put/Call Ratio 0.89

Net Difference 1,225

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 2,574

Total Puts 1,879

Put/Call Ratio 0.73

Net Difference 695

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

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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