Caterpillar Stock Options
| CAT Stock | USD 402.51 3.60 0.89% |
Caterpillar's latest option contracts expiring on 2024-12-06 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.15 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.0 over 77 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more calls than puts on contracts expiring on 2024-12-06. The total put volume is at 920, with calls trading at the volume of 920. This yields a 0.48 put-to-call volume ratio.
Caterpillar's option chain provides insight into all available option contracts written on Caterpillar's stock. Investors can see outstanding put and call contracts with pricing information and greeks for a given expiration period. In addition, each of Caterpillar's stock options below provides a detailed picture of the payoff. Comparing vital and dynamic information of various option contracts across diverse expiration periods will help you make an educated decision on your market timing strategies around investing in a given Caterpillar option contract.
In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Caterpillar
Analyzing Caterpillar's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Caterpillar regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Caterpillar's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Caterpillar's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Caterpillar's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
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Caterpillar In The Money Call Balance
When Caterpillar's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Caterpillar stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Caterpillar's options that are 'In the Money' or 'Out of the Money', the choice depends on your outlook for the underlying security, financial situation, and what you are trying to achieve.
While 'out-of-the-money' option contracts written on Caterpillar are typically viewed as the more aggressive, there are potential upsides to purchasing these types of options contracts. For one, the cost to buy an 'Out of the Money' option is lower than the cost to buy an 'In the Money' option. This cost-benefit is due to the fact that at the time of the purchase, 'Out of the Money' contracts have no intrinsic value. So, while the potential for a 100% loss is more significant, the cost and risk to enter the trade are lower.
Caterpillar Current Options Market Mood
Caterpillar's open interest and total value indicators provide investors with the necessary information to digest the overall options buildup for its expiring contracts. In addition, it helps Caterpillar Stock's traders understand whether a recent fall or rise in the market is unreasonable and if the time has come to take contrarian positions. These ratios are calculated based on options trading volumes and current open interest.
Put-to-Call Volume
Unfortunately, most Caterpillar's options investors are not very successful. Caterpillar's option open interest and volume spread between outstanding puts and calls are regarded by many investors as reliable indicators of the overall future market direction.
Rule 16 of the current Caterpillar contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Caterpillar will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.009375% per day over the life of the 2024-12-06 option contract. With Caterpillar trading at USD 402.51, that is roughly USD 0.0377. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Caterpillar's daily price movement you should consider buying Caterpillar options at the current volatility level of 0.15%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Purchasing Caterpillar options can give investors a meaningful hedge against losses and, therefore, could be used conservatively to decrease the volatility of your portfolio. However, many options could also amount to little more than gambling, significantly enhancing your overall portfolio risk. One simple example of these aggressive strategies is the sale of "uncovered" Caterpillar calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Caterpillar stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
Caterpillar Option Chain
When Caterpillar's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Caterpillar stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying options that are ITM or OTM, the choice depends on your outlook for the underlying security, financial situation, and what you are trying to achieve.
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Caterpillar's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Caterpillar. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Caterpillar. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Caterpillar against a given expiration period. The table below combines all the option information in the form of a chain but before you use it, remember that it entails significant risk and it is not for everyone. | Open Int | Expiration | Current Spread | Last Price | |||
Call | CAT Option Call 06-12-2024 250 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 142.2 | In |
Call | CAT Option Call 06-12-2024 320 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 72.33 | In |
Call | CAT Option Call 06-12-2024 330 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 52.0 | In |
Call | CAT Option Call 06-12-2024 340 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 47.55 | In |
Call | CAT Option Call 06-12-2024 345 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 52.68 | In |
Call | CAT Option Call 06-12-2024 350 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 53.0 - 56.25 | 46.52 | In |
Call | CAT Option Call 06-12-2024 355 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 52.32 | In |
Call | CAT Option Call 06-12-2024 365 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 29.7 | In |
Call | CAT Option Call 06-12-2024 370 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 27.18 | In |
Call | CAT Option Call 06-12-2024 375 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 29.99 | In |
Call | CAT Option Call 06-12-2024 377 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 10.0 | In |
Call | CAT Option Call 06-12-2024 380 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 27.12 | In |
Call | CAT Option Call 06-12-2024 382 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 22.66 | In |
Call | CAT Option Call 06-12-2024 385 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 24.8 | In |
Call | CAT Option Call 06-12-2024 387 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 22.17 | In |
Call | CAT Option Call 06-12-2024 390 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 16.04 | In |
Call | CAT Option Call 06-12-2024 392 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 13.33 | In |
Call | CAT Option Call 06-12-2024 395 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 15.0 | In |
Call | CAT Option Call 06-12-2024 397 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 11.3 | In |
Call | CAT Option Call 06-12-2024 400 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 10.8 | In |
Call | CAT Option Call 06-12-2024 402 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 7.35 | In |
Call | CAT Option Call 06-12-2024 405 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 6.85 | In |
Call | CAT Option Call 06-12-2024 407 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 5.25 | |
Call | CAT Option Call 06-12-2024 410 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 3.0 | |
Call | CAT Option Call 06-12-2024 412 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 2.25 | |
Call | CAT Option Call 06-12-2024 415 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 1.54 | |
Call | CAT Option Call 06-12-2024 417 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.95 | |
Call | CAT Option Call 06-12-2024 420 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.65 | |
Call | CAT Option Call 06-12-2024 425 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.45 | |
Call | CAT Option Call 06-12-2024 430 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.22 | |
Call | CAT Option Call 06-12-2024 435 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.49 | |
Call | CAT Option Call 06-12-2024 440 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.2 | |
Call | CAT Option Call 06-12-2024 445 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.05 | |
Call | CAT Option Call 06-12-2024 450 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.11 | |
Call | CAT Option Call 06-12-2024 455 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.01 | |
Call | CAT Option Call 06-12-2024 470 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.05 | |
Call | CAT Option Call 06-12-2024 480 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.05 | |
Put | CAT Option Put 06-12-2024 435 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 44.8 | In |
Put | CAT Option Put 06-12-2024 430 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 18.85 | In |
Put | CAT Option Put 06-12-2024 420 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 14.47 | In |
Put | CAT Option Put 06-12-2024 417 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 11.75 | In |
Put | CAT Option Put 06-12-2024 415 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 7.0 | In |
Put | CAT Option Put 06-12-2024 412 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 6.65 | In |
Put | CAT Option Put 06-12-2024 410 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 5.4 | In |
Put | CAT Option Put 06-12-2024 407 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 4.2 | In |
Put | CAT Option Put 06-12-2024 405 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 3.15 | |
Put | CAT Option Put 06-12-2024 402 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 2.65 | |
Put | CAT Option Put 06-12-2024 400 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 1.96 | |
Put | CAT Option Put 06-12-2024 397 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 1.24 | |
Put | CAT Option Put 06-12-2024 395 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.92 | |
Put | CAT Option Put 06-12-2024 392 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.75 | |
Put | CAT Option Put 06-12-2024 390 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.6 | |
Put | CAT Option Put 06-12-2024 387 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.34 | |
Put | CAT Option Put 06-12-2024 385 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.28 | |
Put | CAT Option Put 06-12-2024 382 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.47 | |
Put | CAT Option Put 06-12-2024 380 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.19 | |
Put | CAT Option Put 06-12-2024 377 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.22 | |
Put | CAT Option Put 06-12-2024 375 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.21 | |
Put | CAT Option Put 06-12-2024 372 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.4 | |
Put | CAT Option Put 06-12-2024 370 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.1 | |
Put | CAT Option Put 06-12-2024 367 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.38 | |
Put | CAT Option Put 06-12-2024 365 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.07 | |
Put | CAT Option Put 06-12-2024 362 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.06 | |
Put | CAT Option Put 06-12-2024 360 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.15 | |
Put | CAT Option Put 06-12-2024 355 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.05 | |
Put | CAT Option Put 06-12-2024 350 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.4 | |
Put | CAT Option Put 06-12-2024 345 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.38 | |
Put | CAT Option Put 06-12-2024 340 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.01 | |
Put | CAT Option Put 06-12-2024 335 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.09 | |
Put | CAT Option Put 06-12-2024 330 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.5 | |
Put | CAT Option Put 06-12-2024 325 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.09 | |
Put | CAT Option Put 06-12-2024 320 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.17 | |
Put | CAT Option Put 06-12-2024 315 | 8 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 1.4 | 0.8 | Out |
Put | CAT Option Put 06-12-2024 310 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.1 | |
Put | CAT Option Put 06-12-2024 300 | 1 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 1.49 | 1.38 | Out |
Put | CAT Option Put 06-12-2024 295 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.12 | |
Put | CAT Option Put 06-12-2024 290 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.05 |
Caterpillar Total Stockholder Equity
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Caterpillar Corporate Directors
| Edward Rust | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Debra ReedKlages | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Juan Gallardo | Independent Director | Profile | |
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