Retail Tape Slipped -3.81% While $3.63B FINRA Off-Exchange Buying & 71% Call Sweeps Hit
Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) pulled back -3.81% on lit retail venues even as FINRA RegSHO off-exchange tape absorbed $3.63B in non-short volume (24.1% short ratio). Simultaneously, OPRA options flow printed 70.5% call sweep premium concentration with peak 25x Volume-to-Open-Interest urgency. Cross-feed divergence (3.61σ) indicates institutional accumulation into retail weakness.