Whale Activity Tracker

CAT

Caterpillar Inc.
2026-05-17 06:32
$888.31 -3.47% $409.1B
NEUTRAL — WATCH
No clear whale direction for CAT. Bullish and bearish signals roughly cancel out. Insiders are net buyers (392,445 shares bought vs 243,315 sold) — bullish conviction from management. Strong institutional ownership at 73.0% with 3 of 10 top holders actively accumulating this quarter.
Action Plan
Options Flow
期权
BEARISH
1.18
Insider
内部交易
LEAN BULLISH
Net Buy
Smart Money
机构流向
LEAN BULLISH
30% accum
Short Interest
做空
NEUTRAL
2.0%
NEUTRAL
4.9/10
Whale Activity Rating
Distribution Neutral Accumulation
Options Flow: BEARISH
Insider: LEAN BULLISH
Institutional: LEAN BULLISH
Dark Pool: NEUTRAL
4/4 sources | Confidence: 76%
📈 Options Flow 期权异动
Unusual options volume vs open interest. High volume/OI ratio signals whale positioning. Put/Call ratio indicates directional bias.
PUT / CALL RATIO
0 (Bullish)1.02.0+ (Bearish)
1.18
BEARISH
CALL VOLUME
8,180
PUT VOLUME
9,630
TOTAL VOLUME
17,810
UNUSUAL STRIKES
10
Unusual Strikes — Vol/OI > 3x (6C / 4P)
TypeStrikeExpiryVolOIRatio
CALL$11602026-05-2275175.0x
PUT$6552026-05-2934217.0x
PUT$7402026-06-2633216.5x
CALL$9702026-05-224893016.3x
CALL$8852026-05-22117129.8x
PUT$7652026-05-29102119.3x
CALL$8302026-06-121728.5x
CALL$8852026-05-2992118.4x
CALL$8652026-05-295678.0x
PUT$8502026-05-29527668.0x
High Volume Contracts — Vol > 500 (4 contracts)
TypeStrikeExpiryVolume
PUT$5452026-05-221,290
CALL$9302026-05-22644
PUT$8502026-05-22593
PUT$8502026-05-29527
P/C OI RATIO
1.6
TOTAL OI
70,957
CALL OI
27,254
PUT OI
43,703
👤 Insider Trading 内部交易
SEC Form 4 filings — officer and director buys/sells in the last 90 days. Net buying is a strong bullish signal.
62% BUY
38% SELL
SHARES BOUGHT (6m)
392,445
SHARES SOLD (6m)
243,315
NET INSIDER FLOW
+149,130
FORM 4 FILINGS (90d)
46
Recent Insider Transactions (1 buys / 8 sells / 1 grants)
TypeInsiderSharesDate
SELLSCHAUPP WILLIAM E3602026-05-13
SELLJOHNSON DENISE C.6,1962026-05-13
SELLFASSINO ANTHONY D.16,2832026-05-11
GRANTEPLEY KYLE JOSEPH5152026-05-08
SELLFASSINO ANTHONY D.9,1522026-05-06
SELLDE LANGE BOB24,2222026-05-06
SELLBONFIELD ANDREW ROBERT JOHN15,6742026-05-06
SELLSHURMAN RODNEY MICHAEL5,6392026-05-05
SELLKAISER JASON5,6422026-05-04
BUYMACLENNAN DAVID W2502026-05-04
🏦 Smart Money Flow 机构资金流向
Quarter-over-quarter position changes from 13F filings. Shows whether institutional investors are accumulating (buying more) or distributing (selling) — the strongest signal of whale conviction.
INSTITUTIONAL OWNERSHIP
73.0%
ACCUMULATION vs DISTRIBUTION
30% ACCUMULATING
70% DISTRIBUTING
NET SHARES FLOW
+20,555,323
FLOW SCORE
+0.23
ADDING
3
SELLING
1
Institutional Position Changes (QoQ)
ActionInstitution% HeldQoQ ΔShares Δ
★ NEW POSITIONVanguard Capital Management LLC6.56%NEW+15,117,226
★ NEW POSITIONVanguard Portfolio Management LLC2.54%NEW+5,852,945
▲ ADDINGBank of America Corporation1.46%+15.2%+890,670
▬ HOLDBlackrock Inc.8.07%+2.7%+959,561
▬ HOLDState Street Corporation7.68%+1.1%+385,038
▬ HOLDFisher Asset Management, LLC2.12%+3.0%+282,893
▬ HOLDGeode Capital Management, LLC2.30%+0.9%+94,639
▬ HOLDGates Foundation Trust1.38%0.0%0
▬ HOLDMorgan Stanley1.54%-2.2%-162,114
▼ TRIMMINGState Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co3.16%-16.4%-2,865,535
ETF & Mutual Fund Flow (1 adding / 0 selling)
ActionFundQoQ ΔShares Δ
▬ HOLDVANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Mar-0.3%-38,337
▬ HOLDVANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund+2.1%+242,743
▬ HOLDiShares Trust-iShares Core S&P 500 ETF+0.2%+14,913
▬ HOLDFidelity Concord Street Trust-Fidelity 500 In-0.2%-13,698
▬ HOLDSPDR S&P 500 ETF TRUST-State Street SPDR S&P +3.1%+168,823
▬ HOLDSPDR DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE ETF TRT-Sta-3.8%-209,205
▬ HOLDVANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Value Index Fun+2.4%+99,705
▬ HOLDVANGUARD INSTITUTIONAL INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard I-1.6%-44,780
▲ ADDINGWASHINGTON MUTUAL INVESTORS FUND+7.7%+192,629
▬ HOLDSELECT SECTOR SPDR TRT-State Street Industria+0.5%+11,893
🕶 Short Interest & Dark Pool 做空 & 暗池
Short interest as % of float and days-to-cover. Rising SI = bearish pressure. High SI + decreasing = shorts covering (bullish). Squeeze risk rated by SI level.
SHORT INTEREST (% OF FLOAT)
0%10%20%30%+
SHORT % FLOAT
2.0%
DAYS TO COVER
3.5
SI CHANGE (MoM)
↑ 3.0%
SQUEEZE RISK
MINIMAL
SHARES SHORT
8,186,612
PRIOR MONTH
7,944,830
FLOAT SHARES
459,186,019
AVG VOLUME
2,534,675
📡 Data Sources 数据来源
Options Flow
BEARISH (80%)
Insider Trading
LEAN BULLISH (90%)
Smart Money Flow
LEAN BULLISH (75%)
Short Interest
NEUTRAL (60%)
📋 Summary 综合摘要