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CAT

CATERPILLAR INC

$660.71 -7.38%

(10/29 10:25) ◀

Thursday, October 29, 2026 (10:30am)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/29 10:30am) 22,857

Calls: 11,958 (52%)

Puts: 10,899 (48%)

Prior (10/08) 4,644

Calls: 2,650 (57%)

Puts: 1,994 (43%)

Current vs Prior +392.18%

Calls: +351.25% (Calls)

Puts: +446.59% (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 +20.63%

Calls: +17.91%

Puts: +23.76%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/29 10:30am) $39.33M

Calls: $15.39M (39%)

Puts: $23.94M (61%)

Prior (10/08) $5.80M

Calls: $3.31M (57%)

Puts: $2.49M (43%)

Current vs Prior +578.19%

Calls: +365.70%

Puts: +859.83%

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 +4.08%

Calls: -39.74%

Puts: +95.51%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/29 10:30am) 0.91

Prior (10/08) 0.75

Current vs Prior +21.13%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.85

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +6.74%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/29 10:30am) 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 3.03% | 5.72%8.87% | 11.92%

Prior 6.25% | 7.97%9.91% | 13.27%

Current vs Prior -51.58% | -28.26%-10.50% | -10.23%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg +4.64% | +11.35%+51.38% | -5.00%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -51.58% | -28.26%-7.33% | -6.46%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 23.00% | 16.98%

Calls: 22.92% | 13.33%

Puts: 23.08% | 20.62%

Prior 28.11% | 27.09%

Calls: 26.14% | 27.06%

Puts: 30.07% | 27.12%

Current vs Prior -18.18% | -37.32%

Prior 7-Day Avg 38.21% | 18.35%

Calls: 43.32% | 18.96%

Puts: 33.11% | 17.73%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -39.81% | -7.46%

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Moderately bearish flow with 61% put dollar volume ($23.94M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 578% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 392% vs prior - elevated interest.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow NEUTRAL

Overall MIXED

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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
10:30	BEARISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED
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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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 46 of results (avg 8.5%, best 5.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$710.00	Nov 20	9.65	10.15	$9.90	5.1%	8	0.25	122
$560.00	Oct 30	96.70	103.20	$99.95	6.5%	8	1.00	1
$540.00	Oct 30	115.70	125.45	$120.58	8.1%	5	1.00	1
$570.00	Nov 20	91.00	98.80	$94.90	8.2%	--	0.92	26
$657.50	Nov 6	19.20	20.90	$20.05	8.5%	10	0.54	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$770.00	Nov 20	107.35	113.50	$110.43	5.6%	17	0.93	420
$790.00	Nov 6	125.40	133.05	$129.23	5.9%	2	0.99	100
$790.00	Oct 30	125.05	132.70	$128.88	5.9%	3	1.00	50
$680.00	Nov 20	35.30	37.55	$36.42	6.2%	43	0.59	315
$785.00	Oct 30	121.90	129.75	$125.83	6.2%	11	1.00	35

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. 250 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	Oct 30	105.70	115.80	$110.75	9.1%	8	1.00	--
$560.00	Oct 30	96.70	103.20	$99.95	6.5%	8	1.00	1
$587.50	Oct 30	68.60	78.60	$73.60	13.6%	1	1.00	--
$592.50	Oct 30	63.25	73.00	$68.13	14.3%	1	1.00	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$760.00	Oct 30	94.65	103.75	$99.20	9.2%	11	1.00	121
$765.00	Oct 30	99.20	109.20	$104.20	9.6%	--	1.00	97
$770.00	Oct 30	104.65	114.70	$109.68	9.2%	6	1.00	111
$775.00	Oct 30	109.55	119.80	$114.68	8.9%	4	1.00	41
$780.00	Oct 30	113.10	123.20	$118.15	8.5%	--	1.00	69

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 483 active (total vol 13.2K, top 838)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$660.00	Oct 30	8.50	10.70	$9.60	22.9%	838	0.51	501
$662.50	Oct 30	7.25	9.55	$8.40	27.4%	569	0.46	506
$700.00	Oct 30	0.34	0.58	$0.46	52.2%	367	0.05	292
$655.00	Nov 13	24.60	29.15	$26.88	16.9%	272	0.56	3
$675.00	Oct 30	3.00	4.30	$3.65	35.6%	233	0.27	24

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$600.00	Nov 20	5.50	6.50	$6.00	16.7%	245	0.16	943
$650.00	Oct 30	4.20	5.60	$4.90	28.6%	194	0.32	376
$615.00	Oct 30	0.13	0.38	$0.26	96.2%	172	0.03	221
$640.00	Oct 30	1.85	2.95	$2.40	45.8%	163	0.19	861
$620.00	Oct 30	0.23	0.56	$0.40	82.5%	150	0.04	309

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 47.5%, max 73.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$655.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	61.3%	35.4%	73.1%	110	13
$660.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	60.8%	37.2%	63.4%	841	501
$640.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	60.2%	37.2%	62.1%	68	20
$675.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	59.9%	39.5%	51.6%	234	26
$665.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	60.0%	40.1%	49.4%	81	10

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$655.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	61.3%	35.4%	73.1%	33	97
$660.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	60.8%	37.2%	63.4%	111	506
$645.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	59.5%	36.7%	62.2%	60	104
$640.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	60.2%	37.2%	62.1%	169	871
$650.00	Oct 30	Dec 11	59.2%	37.0%	59.9%	211	376

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 316 found (best R:R 3.76, avg 5.35)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$640.00	$645.00	Nov 27	$1.05	$3.95	$1.05	63%	3.76	$641.05
$675.00	$680.00	Nov 27	$0.48	$4.52	$0.48	44%	9.42	$675.48
$645.00	$647.50	Nov 13	$0.10	$2.40	$0.10	62%	24.00	$645.10
$625.00	$630.00	Nov 6	$2.53	$2.47	$2.53	80%	0.98	$627.53
$710.00	$720.00	Nov 13	$0.45	$9.55	$0.45	20%	21.22	$710.45

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$790.00	$785.00	Oct 30	$3.05	$1.95	$3.05	100%	0.64	$786.95
$737.50	$735.00	Nov 6	$0.65	$1.85	$0.65	93%	2.85	$736.85
$695.00	$690.00	Nov 20	$1.78	$3.22	$1.78	68%	1.81	$693.22
$655.00	$650.00	Dec 11	$0.98	$4.02	$0.98	45%	4.10	$654.02
$755.00	$752.50	Nov 6	$1.19	$1.31	$1.19	96%	1.10	$753.81

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 233 found (best R:R 0.26, avg 0.43)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$700.00	$775.00	Dec 11	$15.68	$15.68	$59.32	64%	0.26	$715.68
$725.00	$730.00	Nov 27	$2.58	$2.58	$2.42	79%	1.07	$727.58
$752.50	$755.00	Nov 6	$1.13	$1.13	$1.37	92%	0.82	$753.63
$690.00	$695.00	Dec 4	$2.80	$2.80	$2.20	61%	1.27	$692.80
$670.00	$675.00	Nov 13	$3.12	$3.12	$1.88	55%	1.66	$673.12

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$660.00	$655.00	Dec 11	$4.17	$4.17	$0.83	52%	5.02	$655.83
$615.00	$610.00	Nov 27	$2.68	$2.68	$2.32	75%	1.16	$612.32
$630.00	$620.00	Nov 20	$4.01	$4.01	$5.99	69%	0.67	$625.99
$635.00	$630.00	Dec 4	$2.90	$2.90	$2.10	65%	1.38	$632.10
$635.00	$632.50	Nov 6	$1.80	$1.80	$0.70	72%	2.57	$633.20

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 20 found (avg debit $8.56, cheapest $12.60)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$655.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$8.78	61.3%	44.5%
$657.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$9.42	59.9%	43.3%
$670.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$8.25	61.3%	45.1%
$660.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$8.78	60.8%	44.6%
$667.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$8.58	60.8%	45.4%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$652.50	Oct 30	Nov 13	$12.60	61.3%	42.0%
$655.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$8.05	61.3%	44.5%
$657.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$7.43	59.9%	43.3%
$660.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$8.08	60.8%	44.6%
$670.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$8.13	61.3%	45.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 154 found (cheapest 2.82% of stock, avg 7.67%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$657.50	Oct 30	$10.63	$8.00	$18.63	$638.87	$676.13	2.82%
$662.50	Oct 30	$8.40	$10.40	$18.80	$643.70	$681.30	2.85%
$660.00	Oct 30	$9.60	$9.32	$18.92	$641.08	$678.92	2.86%
$665.00	Oct 30	$7.03	$11.93	$18.96	$646.04	$683.96	2.87%
$655.00	Oct 30	$12.25	$7.10	$19.35	$635.65	$674.35	2.93%
$667.50	Oct 30	$6.07	$13.50	$19.57	$647.93	$687.07	2.96%
$650.00	Oct 30	$15.20	$4.90	$20.10	$629.90	$670.10	3.04%
$670.00	Oct 30	$5.25	$14.85	$20.10	$649.90	$690.10	3.04%
$672.50	Oct 30	$4.30	$16.15	$20.45	$652.05	$692.95	3.10%
$652.50	Oct 30	$14.80	$6.10	$20.90	$631.60	$673.40	3.16%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 170 found (cheapest 1.39% of stock, avg 5.56%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$672.50	$650.00	Oct 30	$4.30	$4.90	$9.20	$640.80	$681.70
$670.00	$650.00	Oct 30	$5.25	$4.90	$10.15	$639.85	$680.15
$672.50	$652.50	Oct 30	$4.30	$6.10	$10.40	$642.10	$682.90
$667.50	$650.00	Oct 30	$6.07	$4.90	$10.97	$639.03	$678.47
$670.00	$652.50	Oct 30	$5.25	$6.10	$11.35	$641.15	$681.35
$667.50	$652.50	Oct 30	$6.07	$6.10	$12.17	$640.33	$679.67
$672.50	$655.00	Oct 30	$4.30	$7.10	$11.40	$643.60	$683.90
$670.00	$655.00	Oct 30	$5.25	$7.10	$12.35	$642.65	$682.35
$665.00	$650.00	Oct 30	$7.03	$4.90	$11.93	$638.07	$676.93
$667.50	$655.00	Oct 30	$6.07	$7.10	$13.17	$641.83	$680.67

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 305 found (best R:R 6.46, avg credit $2.16)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
610/615	710/715	Nov 27	$4.33	$0.67	48%	6.46	$610.67	$714.33
610/615	695/700	Nov 27	$4.51	$0.49	41%	9.20	$610.49	$699.51
600/605	690/695	Nov 13	$3.83	$1.17	51%	3.27	$601.17	$693.83
610/615	700/705	Nov 27	$4.05	$0.95	44%	4.26	$610.95	$704.05
625/630	710/715	Nov 27	$4.02	$0.98	42%	4.10	$625.98	$714.02
625/630	695/700	Nov 27	$4.20	$0.80	35%	5.25	$625.80	$699.20
615/620	690/695	Nov 13	$3.56	$1.44	45%	2.47	$616.44	$693.56
610/615	715/720	Nov 27	$3.23	$1.77	50%	1.82	$611.77	$718.23
600/605	720/725	Dec 4	$3.10	$1.90	52%	1.63	$601.90	$723.10
610/615	705/710	Nov 27	$3.36	$1.64	46%	2.05	$611.64	$708.36

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 195 found (best R:R 40.67, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$650.00	$660.00	$670.00	Nov 20	$0.24	$9.76	12%	40.67
$530.00	$540.00	$550.00	Nov 20	$0.22	$9.78	6%	44.45
$660.00	$665.00	$670.00	Nov 27	$0.08	$4.92	5%	61.50
$695.00	$700.00	$705.00	Nov 13	$0.12	$4.88	5%	40.67
$672.50	$675.00	$677.50	Oct 30	$0.08	$2.42	7%	30.25

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$570.00	$580.00	$590.00	Nov 27	$0.11	$9.89	4%	89.91
$630.00	$635.00	$640.00	Nov 27	$0.06	$4.94	5%	82.33
$550.00	$560.00	$570.00	Nov 20	$0.14	$9.86	3%	70.43
$640.00	$642.50	$645.00	Oct 30	$0.05	$2.45	6%	49.00
$672.50	$675.00	$677.50	Oct 30	$0.08	$2.42	7%	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. 173 found (best net $-7.61, 160 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$570.00	$620.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$7.61	$42.39
$550.00	$600.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$16.05	$33.95
$600.00	$635.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$21.14	$13.86
$740.00	$760.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$2.10	$17.90
$770.00	$790.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$1.49	$18.51

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$750.00	$690.00	1:2	Dec 11	-$5.10	$54.90
$570.00	$550.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$0.85	$19.15
$570.00	$550.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$1.02	$18.98
$580.00	$570.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.01	$9.99
$597.50	$595.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.04	$2.46

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 134 found (best yield 3.75%, avg 1.09%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$680.00	Dec 11	$24.80	0.44	2.9%	3.75%	6.67%	3	--
$685.00	Dec 11	$22.90	0.42	3.7%	3.47%	7.14%	3	--
$695.00	Dec 11	$18.65	0.38	5.2%	2.82%	8.01%	4	--
$700.00	Dec 11	$17.35	0.36	6.0%	2.63%	8.57%	4	--
$665.00	Dec 4	$28.90	0.50	0.7%	4.37%	5.02%	2	--
$675.00	Dec 4	$23.80	0.45	2.2%	3.60%	5.77%	1	2
$670.00	Dec 4	$25.55	0.48	1.4%	3.87%	5.27%	2	--
$690.00	Dec 4	$18.35	0.39	4.4%	2.78%	7.21%	1	4
$665.00	Nov 27	$26.05	0.50	0.7%	3.94%	4.59%	--	26
$695.00	Dec 4	$15.70	0.36	5.2%	2.38%	7.57%	2	5

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 11,958

Total Puts 10,899

Put/Call Ratio 0.91

Net Difference 1,059

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 2,650

Total Puts 1,994

Put/Call Ratio 0.75

Net Difference 656

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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