Biggest Expected Moves This Week

How far the options market is pricing each name to move over the next week — one standard deviation, in either direction, from at-the-money implied volatility. The names at the top are where options are most expensive relative to the stock, which is usually a catalyst nobody has to guess at.

September 8, 2026 · 864 symbols met the liquidity bar of 50,000 open contracts · showing 100

#	Symbol	Price	1-week move	In dollars	1-month move	ATM IV	ATM spread	Ticker analysis
1	SOXL Financial Services	$117.28	±14.7%	±$17.23	±31.6%	106.1%	6.1%	Analysis
2	UVIX Financial Services	$37.82	±13.4%	±$5.06	±32.3%	96.6%	10.0%	Analysis
3	BTDR Technology	$12.38	±13.2%	±$1.63	±33.0%	95.2%	9.3%	Analysis
4	BE Industrials	$252.87	±13.0%	±$32.95	±25.5%	94.1%	4.5%	Analysis
5	CIFR Financial Services	$17.74	±12.9%	±$2.29	±26.8%	93.3%	7.1%	Analysis
6	FCEL Industrials	$14.95	±12.3%	±$1.84	±27.1%	89.1%	7.7%	Analysis
7	VIX Index	$14.53	±12.3%	±$1.79	±26.9%	88.9%	3.6%	Analysis
8	IREN Financial Services	$44.68	±11.3%	±$5.05	±24.8%	81.7%	4.0%	Analysis
9	ORCL Technology	$158.78	±11.3%	±$17.89	±19.3%	81.4%	3.4%	Analysis
10	NBIS Communication Services	$226.39	±11.3%	±$25.47	±24.0%	81.2%	5.5%	Analysis
11	RIOT Financial Services	$21.80	±11.1%	±$2.42	±23.8%	80.2%	8.6%	Analysis
12	MARA Financial Services	$11.31	±11.1%	±$1.25	±23.4%	79.9%	5.8%	Analysis
13	WULF Financial Services	$16.51	±11.0%	±$1.81	±23.2%	79.2%	7.4%	Analysis
14	GLXY Financial Services	$26.33	±10.9%	±$2.86	±24.1%	78.4%	6.7%	Analysis
15	CRCL Financial Services	$102.05	±10.8%	±$11.03	±22.6%	78.0%	6.8%	Analysis
16	PCT Industrials	$6.39	±10.7%	±$0.68	±23.3%	77.4%	9.4%	Analysis
17	TSLL Financial Services	$9.15	±10.6%	±$0.97	±23.0%	76.4%	9.5%	Analysis
18	IONQ Technology	$39.52	±10.3%	±$4.08	±21.9%	74.6%	9.8%	Analysis
19	SNDK Technology	$1,740.00	±10.3%	±$179.36	±21.8%	74.4%	3.3%	Analysis
20	CHWY Consumer Cyclical	$23.66	±10.3%	±$2.44	±17.1%	74.4%	9.1%	Analysis
21	CRDO Technology	$170.57	±10.3%	±$17.55	±21.0%	74.3%	9.7%	Analysis
22	MSTR Technology	$142.80	±10.1%	±$14.40	±21.2%	72.8%	2.9%	Analysis
23	CRWV Technology	$89.36	±10.0%	±$8.96	±21.6%	72.4%	3.4%	Analysis
24	BMNR Financial Services	$24.97	±10.0%	±$2.50	±21.6%	72.4%	5.9%	Analysis
25	APLD Technology	$26.37	±10.0%	±$2.63	±23.5%	72.1%	7.1%	Analysis
26	CBRL Consumer Cyclical	$54.69	±9.9%	±$5.42	±16.8%	71.5%	8.8%	Analysis
27	ASTS Technology	$62.31	±9.7%	±$6.07	±21.1%	70.4%	7.8%	Analysis
28	NTLA Healthcare	$12.74	±9.7%	±$1.24	±18.1%	70.3%	8.5%	Analysis
29	OKLO Utilities	$41.27	±9.7%	±$4.01	±21.3%	70.2%	7.1%	Analysis
30	SMCI Technology	$39.59	±9.6%	±$3.80	±20.6%	69.3%	4.8%	Analysis
31	LITE Technology	$881.25	±9.4%	±$82.75	±20.3%	67.8%	7.5%	Analysis
32	RGTI Technology	$15.20	±9.3%	±$1.42	±19.9%	67.4%	6.9%	Analysis
33	WDC Technology	$467.46	±9.3%	±$43.59	±19.7%	67.3%	9.1%	Analysis
34	QBTS Technology	$16.58	±9.2%	±$1.53	±20.5%	66.5%	9.1%	Analysis
35	STX Technology	$849.28	±9.2%	±$78.08	±19.9%	66.4%	9.4%	Analysis
36	ONDS Technology	$7.62	±9.1%	±$0.70	±20.8%	66.0%	7.2%	Analysis
37	HIMS Healthcare	$27.71	±8.8%	±$2.45	±18.7%	63.9%	7.4%	Analysis
38	COIN Financial Services	$184.64	±8.8%	±$16.19	±18.7%	63.3%	6.7%	Analysis
39	TECL Financial Services	$205.32	±8.8%	±$17.97	±19.9%	63.2%	6.8%	Analysis
40	RKLB Industrials	$64.26	±8.7%	±$5.58	±19.3%	62.7%	6.2%	Analysis
41	ARM Technology	$252.09	±8.6%	±$21.65	±18.1%	62.0%	7.0%	Analysis
42	SKHY Technology	$177.00	±8.6%	±$15.19	±18.1%	62.0%	5.1%	Analysis
43	RUN Energy	$8.89	±8.6%	±$0.76	±19.1%	61.9%	8.1%	Analysis
44	HOOD Financial Services	$122.11	±8.5%	±$10.32	±17.8%	61.0%	4.1%	Analysis
45	MU Technology	$1,016.59	±8.3%	±$84.21	±18.4%	59.8%	3.1%	Analysis
46	DELL Technology	$524.14	±8.3%	±$43.28	±17.7%	59.6%	4.0%	Analysis
47	INTC Technology	$95.80	±8.2%	±$7.90	±18.2%	59.5%	2.9%	Analysis
48	PPTA Basic Materials	$25.09	±8.2%	±$2.06	±17.6%	59.4%	8.3%	Analysis
49	UMC Technology	$20.77	±8.2%	±$1.71	±16.0%	59.4%	8.8%	Analysis
50	ADBE Technology	$266.51	±8.2%	±$21.85	±14.3%	59.2%	8.6%	Analysis
51	MRVL Technology	$223.55	±8.2%	±$18.29	±17.7%	59.1%	3.9%	Analysis
52	UPST Financial Services	$28.05	±7.9%	±$2.23	±17.4%	57.4%	7.6%	Analysis
53	PATH Technology	$15.19	±7.9%	±$1.20	±16.9%	57.3%	9.5%	Analysis
54	GME Consumer Cyclical	$19.16	±7.9%	±$1.51	±14.8%	56.9%	6.4%	Analysis
55	TEAM Technology	$189.58	±7.8%	±$14.81	±16.9%	56.4%	7.2%	Analysis
56	GLW Technology	$154.30	±7.8%	±$12.02	±16.8%	56.2%	8.2%	Analysis
57	LRCX Technology	$307.65	±7.8%	±$23.94	±17.5%	56.2%	7.3%	Analysis
58	HPE Technology	$52.00	±7.7%	±$4.01	±15.8%	55.7%	9.6%	Analysis
59	RDDT Communication Services	$154.46	±7.7%	±$11.88	±16.6%	55.5%	9.3%	Analysis
60	BLDR Industrials	$65.79	±7.6%	±$5.00	±16.6%	54.9%	8.4%	Analysis
61	KLAC Technology	$185.60	±7.6%	±$14.08	±16.0%	54.8%	9.6%	Analysis
62	TTD Technology	$14.43	±7.5%	±$1.08	±16.2%	53.9%	8.3%	Analysis
63	CVNA Consumer Cyclical	$74.59	±7.4%	±$5.56	±16.6%	53.8%	9.6%	Analysis
64	YINN Financial Services	$30.32	±7.4%	±$2.25	±16.4%	53.5%	7.8%	Analysis
65	VRT Industrials	$280.53	±7.4%	±$20.76	±15.8%	53.4%	7.5%	Analysis
66	NOK Technology	$10.03	±7.3%	±$0.73	±16.1%	52.5%	6.7%	Analysis
67	APP Technology	$320.56	±7.2%	±$23.21	±15.8%	52.3%	7.6%	Analysis
68	SNAP Communication Services	$5.47	±7.2%	±$0.40	±15.9%	52.2%	9.5%	Analysis
69	DDOG Technology	$212.93	±7.1%	±$15.10	±15.3%	51.2%	9.1%	Analysis
70	RKT Financial Services	$14.06	±7.1%	±$1.00	±17.2%	51.1%	9.5%	Analysis
71	KSS Consumer Cyclical	$19.44	±7.0%	±$1.37	±14.9%	50.8%	9.2%	Analysis
72	CAR Industrials	$138.73	±7.0%	±$9.67	±15.3%	50.3%	4.1%	Analysis
73	SQQQ Financial Services	$38.18	±6.9%	±$2.65	±15.6%	50.1%	8.7%	Analysis
74	AMAT Technology	$454.71	±6.9%	±$31.46	±15.0%	50.0%	8.9%	Analysis
75	ESTC Technology	$91.81	±6.9%	±$6.34	±13.8%	49.9%	8.8%	Analysis
76	AFRM Technology	$72.35	±6.9%	±$4.99	±14.8%	49.8%	9.5%	Analysis
77	NOW Technology	$141.26	±6.9%	±$9.73	±15.1%	49.8%	4.3%	Analysis
78	GDS Technology	$31.36	±6.9%	±$2.15	±16.0%	49.5%	4.0%	Analysis
79	SIL Financial Services	$99.29	±6.9%	±$6.81	±14.7%	49.5%	3.9%	Analysis
80	OKTA Technology	$170.60	±6.8%	±$11.58	±14.6%	49.0%	7.8%	Analysis
81	ETHA Financial Services	$18.52	±6.7%	±$1.25	±14.8%	48.7%	3.3%	Analysis
82	GFS Technology	$45.21	±6.7%	±$3.04	±14.4%	48.5%	9.9%	Analysis
83	SHOP Technology	$145.09	±6.7%	±$9.72	±13.3%	48.4%	8.7%	Analysis
84	SPCX Financial Services	$147.95	±6.7%	±$9.91	±14.2%	48.4%	2.5%	Analysis
85	CRWD Technology	$213.10	±6.6%	±$14.16	±14.4%	48.0%	6.4%	Analysis
86	STM Technology	$52.24	±6.6%	±$3.46	±14.0%	47.8%	6.6%	Analysis
87	DINO Energy	$105.41	±6.6%	±$6.96	±14.1%	47.7%	8.5%	Analysis
88	GDXJ Financial Services	$129.03	±6.6%	±$8.50	±14.1%	47.6%	7.6%	Analysis
89	AMD Technology	$477.57	±6.6%	±$31.38	±14.1%	47.4%	3.7%	Analysis
90	AA Basic Materials	$49.97	±6.5%	±$3.23	±14.1%	46.7%	8.1%	Analysis
91	SOFI Financial Services	$18.22	±6.4%	±$1.17	±14.0%	46.2%	3.3%	Analysis
92	RIG Energy	$5.85	±6.4%	±$0.37	±13.4%	46.0%	8.5%	Analysis
93	ALK Industrials	$42.04	±6.4%	±$2.68	±14.0%	46.0%	7.3%	Analysis
94	ANET Technology	$193.78	±6.4%	±$12.32	±13.5%	45.9%	7.7%	Analysis
95	FLUT Consumer Cyclical	$100.11	±6.4%	±$6.36	±13.1%	45.9%	7.3%	Analysis
96	TQQQ Financial Services	$72.37	±6.3%	±$4.59	±14.5%	45.8%	6.4%	Analysis
97	ALNY Healthcare	$266.11	±6.3%	±$16.84	±13.2%	45.7%	10.0%	Analysis
98	PTON Consumer Cyclical	$5.40	±6.3%	±$0.34	±14.6%	45.6%	10.0%	Analysis
99	CHTR Communication Services	$151.99	±6.3%	±$9.53	±14.3%	45.3%	6.3%	Analysis
100	AS Consumer Cyclical	$29.53	±6.3%	±$1.85	±12.9%	45.1%	7.2%	Analysis

One standard deviation means roughly a two-in-three chance the move lands inside the range, and a one-in-three chance it does not. Derived as ATM implied volatility × √(7/365) from the nearest published tenor. Ranked among the 289 symbols carrying at least 50,000 open contracts and quoting an at-the-money spread inside 10% — without that second filter this page ranks bid-ask width rather than volatility, because a wide quote inflates the vol solved from it.

Quietest names

The other end of the same ranking: where the options market is pricing the least movement over the coming week.

LQD±1.1%TLT±1.4%SPX±1.5%XSP±1.5%DIA±1.6%SPY±1.6%VOO±1.6%XLF±2.1%RUT±2.1%IWM±2.1%NDX±2.1%FEZ±2.3%

How this list is built

What an expected move is

The options market prices volatility, and volatility converts directly into a distance. A stock at $100 with 26% implied volatility is being priced to move about ±3.6% over a week. That is the number in the second column, and it is what a straddle at the money roughly costs.

It is a range, not a direction

An expected move says nothing about which way. A large one means the market is pricing a wide outcome — which is exactly as consistent with a large fall as a large rise, and is why the number is written with a plus-or-minus.

Why a big number is not automatically a trade

A large expected move usually means options are expensive for a reason the market already knows about. Buying premium into it needs the actual move to beat what is priced, not merely to be large; selling it needs the opposite. The number is the market’s bar, not an opinion about whether it will be cleared.

Why some volatile names are missing

A name only appears here if its at-the-money option quotes a spread inside 10%. Implied volatility is solved from the midpoint, so a wide quote produces a large vol whether or not the market expects a large move — and the error only ever points upward, straight to the top of a list like this one. Genuinely volatile names with untradeable quotes are excluded here and still carry their own page, where the spread is printed beside the number.

Where the volatility comes from

At-the-money implied volatility from the published term structure, taking the tenor nearest one week and nearest one month. The buckets are coarse, so each ticker’s own page names the tenor it priced off rather than implying we hold an exact seven-day quote. Weekly index and ETF moves live on the weekly desk.

Other rankings

Closest to max pain Nearest their call wall Most expensive vs their own history Most active options Most put-heavy

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