Earnings volatility research
CAT · Caterpillar, Inc. Common Stock
No verified earnings events are stored for CAT in this environment.
No reviewed research is available for CAT yet
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Until the provider verifies the next earnings date, there is nothing to evaluate. This page reports the gap rather than guessing a date.
Past events · reconstructed
Historical reconstruction for CAT
Observed outcomes from 4 earnings events (Oct 29, 2025 – Aug 4, 2026). These events have already been reported. Nothing here is a live setup, a current recommendation, or a prediction.
Realized move versus what was implied
Implied move is the pre-event ATM straddle estimate; realized move is the observed post-earnings move.
| Earnings date | Implied move | Realized move | Realized vs implied | IV checkpoints observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 Reported | ±7.5% | 5.6% | 0.75x | T+1, T-1, T-14, T-21, T-28, T-35, T-7 |
| Apr 30, 2026 Reported | ±5.4% | 9.9% | 1.83x | T+1, T-1, T-14, T-21, T-28, T-3, T-35, T-7 |
| Jan 29, 2026 Reported | ±5.7% | 3.4% | 0.60x | T+1, T-1, T-14, T-21, T-3, T-7 |
| Oct 29, 2025 Reported | ±5.2% | 11.6% | 2.23x | T+1, T-1, T-14, T-21, T-28, T-35, T-7 |
Exact-contract strategy reconstruction
Modeled execution at the end-of-day midpoint with adverse slippage and commissions. Missing leg quotes are skipped, never imputed.
| Structure | Reconstructed runs | Profitable | Average return on max loss | Best | Worst |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Call Spread | 4 | 2 / 4 | -4.3% | 7.9% | -30.5% |
| Long Strangle | 4 | 0 / 4 | -54.4% | -43.3% | -83.4% |
| Bull Put Spread | 3 | 2 / 3 | -3.6% | 12.7% | -26.1% |
| Calendar | 3 | 1 / 3 | -20.5% | 8.3% | -64.0% |
| Iron Condor | 3 | 2 / 3 | 0.9% | 14.4% | -22.4% |
| Long Straddle | 3 | 0 / 3 | -26.5% | -17.6% | -38.1% |
How to read this. HISTORICAL_RECONSTRUCTION_CURRENT_METHODOLOGY 4 required quotes were unavailable and were left as gaps, so the sample is smaller than the number of earnings events. Reconstructed results are modeled execution, not proof of fills, and past behavior does not establish what this cycle will do. Record hist_CAT_8b73fe95aa669c20 · digest 8b73fe95aa66.
- Current earnings-date knowledge; historical revisions unavailable.
- EOD midpoint plus slippage is modeled execution, not proof of fills.
- Calendar trades exit before the earliest leg expires; other structures exit before earnings.
- Missing checkpoint dates and exact-contract exit quotes are not imputed.
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