Check Out What Whales Are Doing With CAT

A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bullish stance on Caterpillar.

Looking at options history for Caterpillar CAT we detected 20 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 60% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 40% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 15 are puts, for a total amount of $735,993 and 5, calls, for a total amount of $216,065.

What's The Price Target?

Taking into account the Volume and Open Interest on these contracts, it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from $195.0 to $290.0 for Caterpillar over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Caterpillar options trades today is 1657.85 with a total volume of 9,467.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Caterpillar's big money trades within a strike price range of $195.0 to $290.0 over the last 30 days.

Caterpillar Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

Options Call Chart

Biggest Options Spotted:

Symbol PUT/CALL Trade Type Sentiment Exp. Date Strike Price Total Trade Price Open Interest Volume
CAT CALL TRADE BULLISH 08/18/23 $210.00 $101.9K 111 53
CAT PUT SWEEP BEARISH 03/17/23 $220.00 $93.7K 4.4K 387
CAT PUT SWEEP BEARISH 03/24/23 $212.50 $80.9K 305 220
CAT PUT SWEEP BULLISH 04/21/23 $220.00 $71.4K 2.6K 1.3K
CAT PUT TRADE NEUTRAL 06/16/23 $290.00 $68.1K 13 9

Where Is Caterpillar Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 2,147,763, the price of CAT is down -2.99% at $212.16.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be oversold.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 41 days.

What The Experts Say On Caterpillar:

  • UBS downgraded its action to Sell with a price target of $225

Options are a riskier asset compared to just trading the stock, but they have higher profit potential. Serious options traders manage this risk by educating themselves daily, scaling in and out of trades, following more than one indicator, and following the markets closely.

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