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What the Options Market Is Pricing Into the Week Ahead

Published every Friday after the close, live through the week: the move options price into every US stock reporting that week (Mon–Fri) — versus how much each has actually moved on its past prints, and what it does when it reports — plus the SPY/QQQ/IWM expected ranges, the walls that box them in, and the week’s US macro.

Week of Aug 24, 2026· 34 names· anchored to Friday’s close (Aug 21, 2026)

The Index Read · What Options Price for the Week

This week’s US macro: CB Consumer Confidence, PCE Price Index YoY, Personal Spending MoM, Core PCE Price Index MoM, Core PCE Price Index YoY. Here’s the weekly move options are pricing across the majors — and the walls that box it in.

implied range put wall hedge wall spot call wall
SPY S&P 500
implied ±1.2%
spot $765.72
$756.53–$774.91 · put 750 · hedge 771 · call 800
QQQ Nasdaq-100
implied ±1.9%
spot $713.44
$699.88–$727 · put 700 · hedge 718 · call 730
IWM Russell 2000
implied ±1.7%
spot $299.96
$294.86–$305.06 · put 290 · hedge 302 · call 305
How to read the walls

● Put wall — support. Heavy put positioning tends to act as a floor.

● Hedge wall — the pivot. Above it moves dampen (range-bound); below it they accelerate.

● Call wall — resistance. Heavy call positioning tends to cap the upside.

Walls move every trading day; these are Friday’s close (Aug 21). OptionPilot recomputes them each morning before the open.

The Earnings Read · Every US Name Reporting This Week (Mon–Fri)

What the options market priced into each report — versus how much the stock has actually moved on its past prints. Sorted by market cap within each day.

Stock & reportMkt
cap
Options
implied
Actual move
avg · max
The tell
Mon Aug 24
PDDpre-mkt$126B±7.7%±11.2%
max 29%
CAN RUN MORE
XPEVpre-mkt$12B±9.8%±7.5%
max 13%
1.3× RICH
GRRRpost-mkt$398M±16.7%±15.3%
max 34%
FAIRLY PRICED
Tue Aug 25
INTUpost-mkt$100B±9.3%±6.6%
max 13%
1.4× RICH
ZMpost-mkt$32B±8.8%±9.0%
max 13%
FAIRLY PRICED
Wed Aug 26
NVDApost-mkt$5.2T±6.1%±4.0%
max 9%
1.5× RICH
CRWDpost-mkt$195B±8.8%±4.4%
max 6%
2.0× RICH
CRMpost-mkt$171B±8.0%±4.7%
max 11%
1.7× RICH
SNPSpost-mkt$76B±8.9%±10.2%
max 36%
CAN RUN MORE
HPQpost-mkt$27B±10.2%±5.1%
max 11%
2.0× RICH
OKTApost-mkt$22B±12.9%±11.6%
max 24%
FAIRLY PRICED
LIpre-mkt$13B±7.1%±6.0%
max 16%
1.2× RICH
URBNpost-mkt$6B±9.2%±12.6%
max 23%
CAN RUN MORE
ANFpre-mkt$5B±12.8%±13.2%
max 38%
FAIRLY PRICED
BBWIpre-mkt$4B±12.1%±11.0%
max 25%
FAIRLY PRICED
KSSpre-mkt$2B±14.3%±16.4%
max 43%
CAN RUN MORE
TIGRpre-mkt$952M±9.0%±9.5%
max 22%
FAIRLY PRICED
Thu Aug 27
MRVLpost-mkt$208B±11.3%±14.6%
max 23%
CAN RUN MORE
ADSKpost-mkt$54B±9.7%±4.3%
max 9%
2.3× RICH
WDAYpost-mkt$52B±7.4%±7.2%
max 13%
FAIRLY PRICED
DGpre-mkt$27B±8.9%±11.4%
max 32%
CAN RUN MORE
AFRMpost-mkt$26B±11.8%±14.2%
max 32%
CAN RUN MORE
DLTRpre-mkt$25B±9.5%±9.4%
max 22%
FAIRLY PRICED
ULTApost-mkt$22B±9.1%±8.9%
max 14%
FAIRLY PRICED
RBRKpost-mkt$21B±13.4%±13.1%
max 28%
FAIRLY PRICED
BURLpre-mkt$21B±8.4%±5.9%
max 12%
1.4× RICH
BBYpre-mkt$18B±8.2%±8.0%
max 14%
FAIRLY PRICED
IRENpre-mkt$15B±13.7%±13.0%
max 30%
FAIRLY PRICED
HRLpre-mkt$13B±6.1%±4.5%
max 13%
1.4× RICH
BILIpre-mkt$7B±9.1%±7.9%
max 15%
1.2× RICH
Spost-mkt$7B±12.4%±8.0%
max 14%
1.6× RICH
GAPpost-mkt$7B±10.1%±11.8%
max 20%
CAN RUN MORE
PURR$1B±16.1%LIMITED HISTORY
CSIQpre-mkt$988M±11.9%±10.7%
max 19%
FAIRLY PRICED

Implied = live ATM straddle for the expiry covering the report. Actual move = the stock’s own 1-day earnings reaction over its last reported quarters — avg is typical, max the biggest. “pre/post-mkt” = reports before the open / after the close. “Can run more” = options price less than history; “rich” = more; “outsized premium” = far above (usually a special catalyst).

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