Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bearish stance on Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT).
And retail traders should know.
We noticed this today when the trades showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.
Whether these are institutions or just wealthy individuals, we don't know. But when something this big happens with CAT, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.
So how do we know what these investors just did?
Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 11 uncommon options trades for Caterpillar.
This isn't normal.
The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 36% bullish and 63%, bearish.
Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 6 are puts, for a total amount of $332,513, and 5 are calls, for a total amount of $379,525.
Expected Price Movements
Taking into account the Volume and Open Interest on these contracts, it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from $300.0 to $360.0 for Caterpillar over the last 3 months.
Analyzing Volume & Open Interest
Looking at the volume and open interest is a powerful move while trading options. This data can help you track the liquidity and interest for Caterpillar's options for a given strike price. Below, we can observe the evolution of the volume and open interest of calls and puts, respectively, for all of Caterpillar's whale trades within a strike price range from $300.0 to $360.0 in the last 30 days.
Caterpillar Call and Put Volume: 30-Day Overview
Significant Options Trades Detected:
Symbol | PUT/CALL | Trade Type | Sentiment | Exp. Date | Ask | Bid | Price | Strike Price | Total Trade Price | Open Interest | Volume |
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CAT | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 09/20/24 | $16.1 | $16.0 | $16.0 | $330.00 | $131.2K | 3.3K | 39 |
CAT | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 09/20/24 | $11.6 | $11.5 | $11.5 | $340.00 | $102.3K | 495 | 4 |
CAT | PUT | SWEEP | BULLISH | 09/20/24 | $16.75 | $16.55 | $16.62 | $330.00 | $66.4K | 520 | 250 |
CAT | PUT | SWEEP | BEARISH | 09/20/24 | $16.75 | $16.55 | $16.64 | $330.00 | $66.2K | 520 | 210 |
CAT | PUT | SWEEP | BEARISH | 09/20/24 | $16.25 | $15.85 | $16.14 | $330.00 | $64.4K | 520 | 16 |
About Caterpillar
Caterpillar is the top manufacturer of heavy equipment, power solutions, and locomotives. It is currently the world's largest manufacturer of heavy equipment. The company is divided into four reportable segments: construction industries, resource industries, energy and transportation, and Cat Financial. Its products are available through a dealer network that covers the globe with about 2,700 branches maintained by 160 dealers. Cat Financial provides retail financing for machinery and engines to its customers, in addition to wholesale financing for dealers, which increases the likelihood of Caterpillar product sales.
After a thorough review of the options trading surrounding Caterpillar, we move to examine the company in more detail. This includes an assessment of its current market status and performance.
Where Is Caterpillar Standing Right Now?
- Currently trading with a volume of 563,081, the CAT's price is down by -1.65%, now at $324.56.
- RSI readings suggest the stock is currently is currently neutral between overbought and oversold.
- Anticipated earnings release is in 35 days.
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.
有大量資金可以花的投資者對卡特彼勒(紐約證券交易所代碼:CAT)採取了看跌立場。
零售交易者應該知道。
今天,當交易出現在我們在本辛加追蹤的公開期權歷史記錄上時,我們注意到了這一點。
這些是機構還是富人,我們都不知道。但是,當 CAT 發生如此大的事情時,通常意味着有人知道某件事即將發生。
那麼我們怎麼知道這些投資者剛才做了什麼?
今天,Benzinga的期權掃描儀發現了卡特彼勒的11筆不常見的期權交易。
這不正常。
這些大手交易者的整體情緒分爲36%看漲和63%(看跌)。
在我們發現的所有特殊期權中,有6個是看跌期權,總額爲332,513美元,5個是看漲期權,總額爲379,525美元。
預期的價格走勢
考慮到這些合約的交易量和未平倉合約,在過去的3個月中,鯨魚似乎一直將卡特彼勒的價格定在300.0美元至360.0美元之間。
分析交易量和未平倉合約
在交易期權時,查看交易量和未平倉合約是一個強有力的舉動。這些數據可以幫助您跟蹤給定行使價下卡特彼勒期權的流動性和利息。下面,我們可以觀察到過去30天內,卡特彼勒所有鯨魚交易的看漲期權和看跌期權的交易量和未平倉合約的分別變化,其行使價在300.0美元至360.0美元之間。
Caterpillar 看漲和看跌交易量:30 天概述
檢測到的重要期權交易:
符號 | 看跌/看漲 | 交易類型 | 情緒 | Exp。日期 | 問 | 出價 | 價格 | 行使價 | 總交易價格 | 未平倉合約 | 音量 |
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貓 | 打電話 | 貿易 | 看跌 | 09/20/24 | 16.1 美元 | 16.0 美元 | 16.0 美元 | 330.00 美元 | 131.2 萬美元 | 3.3K | 39 |
貓 | 打電話 | 貿易 | 看跌 | 09/20/24 | 11.6 | 11.5 美元 | 11.5 美元 | 340.00 美元 | 102.3 萬美元 | 495 | 4 |
貓 | 放 | 掃 | 看漲 | 09/20/24 | 16.75 美元 | 16.55 美元 | 16.62 美元 | 330.00 美元 | 66.4 萬美元 | 520 | 250 |
貓 | 放 | 掃 | 看跌 | 09/20/24 | 16.75 美元 | 16.55 美元 | 16.64 美元 | 330.00 美元 | 66.2 萬美元 | 520 | 210 |
貓 | 放 | 掃 | 看跌 | 09/20/24 | 16.25 美元 | 15.85 美元 | 16.14 美元 | 330.00 美元 | 64.4 萬美元 | 520 | 16 |
關於卡特彼勒
卡特彼勒是重型設備、動力解決方案和機車的頂級製造商。它目前是世界上最大的重型設備製造商。該公司分爲四個應報告的細分市場:建築行業、資源行業、能源和運輸以及Cat Financial。其產品可通過覆蓋全球的經銷商網絡獲得,該網絡約有2700個分支機構,由160個經銷商維護。Cat Financial 向其客戶提供機械和發動機的零售融資,此外還爲經銷商提供批發融資,這增加了卡特彼勒產品銷售的可能性。
在全面審查了圍繞卡特彼勒的期權交易之後,我們將對該公司進行更詳細的審查。這包括評估其當前的市場狀況和表現。
卡特彼勒現在站在哪裏?
與僅交易股票相比,期權是一種風險更高的資產,但它們具有更高的獲利潛力。嚴肅的期權交易者通過每天自我教育、擴大交易規模、關注多個指標以及密切關注市場來管理這種風險。