The Options Desk
The Options Desk · Week of Aug 17, 2026

What Options Priced Into the Week of Aug 17, 2026

Every US name reporting that week — the implied move vs. its historical earnings move — plus the SPY/QQQ/IWM expected ranges and walls. Anchored to the prior Friday’s close (Aug 14, 2026).

The Index Read · What Options Price for the Week

This week’s US macro: Housing Starts, Building Permits, FOMC Minutes, Jobless Claims 4-Week Average, Continuing Jobless Claims. 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 ±1.0%
spot $776.34
$768.58–$784.1 · put 765 · hedge 769 · call 800
QQQ Nasdaq-100
implied ±1.6%
spot $731.07
$719.37–$742.77 · put 700 · hedge 720 · call 740
IWM Russell 2000
implied ±1.4%
spot $305.09
$300.82–$309.36 · put 295 · hedge 297.5 · call 310
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 14). OptionPilot recomputes them each morning before the open.

The Earnings Read · Every US Name Reporting That 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. 81 of 92 have reported so far this week — the rest are still ahead.

Stock & reportMkt
cap
Options
implied
Actual move
avg · max
What
happened
The tell
Mon Aug 17
BHPpre-mkt$220B±4.5%±2.0%
max 4%
+1.8%2.3× RICH
FNpost-mkt$20B±12.5%±8.8%
max 16%
-19.4%1.4× RICH
HTHTpre-mkt$13B±7.5%±3.7%
max 6%
+11.3%2.0× RICH
XPpost-mkt$8B±6.2%±4.1%
max 9%
+0.9%1.5× RICH
YALApost-mkt$846M±11.4%±5.5%
max 8%
+4.1%2.1× RICH
SYpre-mkt$294M±13.4%±9.5%
max 23%
-1.3%1.4× RICH
IMPPpre-mkt$180M±7.3%±6.0%
max 12%
+3.8%1.2× RICH
YRDpre-mkt$103M±115.5%±10.4%
max 20%
+0.0%OUTSIZED PREMIUM
ZEPPpost-mkt$78M±15.2%±17.5%
max 38%
-5.2%CAN RUN MORE
DCGOpost-mkt$66M±52.4%±17.9%
max 40%
-33.1%OUTSIZED PREMIUM
CBATpre-mkt$64M±249.0%±5.4%
max 8%
+1.2%OUTSIZED PREMIUM
NSPRpost-mkt$46M±256.0%±4.6%
max 8%
+0.2%OUTSIZED PREMIUM
PPSIpost-mkt$32M±13.4%±10.6%
max 40%
-4.4%1.3× RICH
CELUpost-mkt$20M±273.1%±23.7%
max 113%
+5.8%OUTSIZED PREMIUM
COSMpost-mkt$12M±13.8%±5.8%
max 15%
+0.8%2.4× RICH
Tue Aug 18
HDpost-mkt$338B±4.2%±2.8%
max 6%
+2.0%1.5× RICH
KEYSpost-mkt$61B±9.4%±9.4%
max 23%
-6.3%FAIRLY PRICED
BIDUpre-mkt$35B±7.2%±4.7%
max 8%
-12.7%1.5× RICH
SQMpre-mkt$21B±5.9%±3.4%
max 6%
-0.8%1.7× RICH
ASpre-mkt$19B±10.6%±7.8%
max 19%
+3.2%1.4× RICH
ZTOpre-mkt$18B±4.0%±2.8%
max 6%
+1.0%1.4× RICH
TOLpost-mkt$14B±5.9%±3.6%
max 7%
+4.0%1.6× RICH
JKHYpost-mkt$11B±4.3%±2.7%
max 7%
+6.5%1.6× RICH
KLAR$8B±16.7%-22.8%LIMITED HISTORY
MRCYpost-mkt$7B±15.9%±16.7%
max 27%
-3.6%FAIRLY PRICED
PONYpre-mkt$3B±10.8%±7.8%
max 15%
-2.9%1.4× RICH
HSAIpost-mkt$3B±14.1%±19.8%
max 50%
+3.9%CAN RUN MORE
VNETpost-mkt$2B±14.8%±11.1%
max 18%
+3.3%1.3× RICH
LZBpost-mkt$2B±10.3%±6.9%
max 20%
-16.9%1.5× RICH
IQpre-mkt$1B±17.0%±7.9%
max 16%
-7.5%2.2× RICH
PREpre-mkt$336M±12.7%±6.8%
max 14%
+0.2%1.9× RICH
ARECpre-mkt$308M±14.8%±7.6%
max 15%
-9.2%1.9× RICH
AVXLpre-mkt$298M±10.9%±10.2%
max 30%
-0.3%FAIRLY PRICED
ZENApre-mkt$132M±11.4%±7.3%
max 16%
-0.5%1.6× RICH
KNDIpre-mkt$52M±298.8%±6.2%
max 13%
-0.2%OUTSIZED PREMIUM
THCHpre-mkt$51M±73.9%±6.2%
max 12%
-18.8%OUTSIZED PREMIUM
IRIXpost-mkt$15M±189.8%±14.7%
max 34%
-15.8%OUTSIZED PREMIUM
Wed Aug 19
ADIpre-mkt$190B±6.3%±4.7%
max 10%
-0.9%1.3× RICH
TJXpre-mkt$168B±4.2%±2.4%
max 6%
-4.2%1.8× RICH
LOWpre-mkt$122B±5.1%±2.8%
max 6%
+2.0%1.8× RICH
TGTpre-mkt$70B±6.9%±8.1%
max 22%
+4.3%CAN RUN MORE
VIKpre-mkt$44B±9.0%±4.6%
max 9%
-7.7%2.0× RICH
ELpre-mkt$31B±9.3%±9.3%
max 21%
+16.3%FAIRLY PRICED
NDSNpost-mkt$17B±4.0%±3.6%
max 8%
+8.0%FAIRLY PRICED
YMMpre-mkt$9B±13.6%±8.7%
max 15%
-1.1%1.6× RICH
BMApost-mkt$5B±6.8%±6.0%
max 9%
-3.1%FAIRLY PRICED
BILLpost-mkt$5B±13.7%±17.9%
max 37%
-0.6%CAN RUN MORE
BULLpost-mkt$4B±9.3%±5.8%
max 9%
+2.4%1.6× RICH
KCpost-mkt$3B±16.7%±8.9%
max 25%
-7.7%1.9× RICH
ZIMpost-mkt$3B±10.3%±7.1%
max 17%
-0.9%1.5× RICH
COTYpost-mkt$3B±16.7%±9.8%
max 22%
-9.2%1.7× RICH
IOND$2B±12.4%+2.7%LIMITED HISTORY
DRDpost-mkt$2B±2.0%±5.3%
max 10%
+6.0%CAN RUN MORE
WBpre-mkt$2B±5.2%±5.2%
max 11%
-1.3%FAIRLY PRICED
OPRApre-mkt$2B±10.0%±9.3%
max 23%
-7.1%FAIRLY PRICED
ANABpost-mkt$2B±9.5%±6.7%
max 15%
-4.3%1.4× RICH
FLNGpre-mkt$2B±4.5%±4.0%
max 8%
+4.4%FAIRLY PRICED
WOLFpost-mkt$2B±18.9%±14.8%
max 39%
-9.4%1.3× RICH
JBSSpost-mkt$1B±8.2%±7.5%
max 15%
-6.8%FAIRLY PRICED
PURR$899M±9.4%+30.4%LIMITED HISTORY
CSHR$688M±10.5%+7.5%LIMITED HISTORY
TOYO$259M±23.1%-24.2%LIMITED HISTORY
UFIpost-mkt$120M±26.7%±7.4%
max 17%
-3.2%OUTSIZED PREMIUM
AIFC$57M±42.9%+13.5%LIMITED HISTORY
ARAYpost-mkt$33M±104.2%±16.7%
max 52%
-0.8%OUTSIZED PREMIUM
Thu Aug 20
WMTpre-mkt$917B±4.9%±4.4%
max 7%
-9.2%FAIRLY PRICED
BABApre-mkt$297B±7.0%±6.3%
max 13%
+1.3%FAIRLY PRICED
DEpre-mkt$164B±5.4%±6.4%
max 12%
+6.9%CAN RUN MORE
NTESpre-mkt$80B±6.6%±6.5%
max 15%
-5.8%FAIRLY PRICED
ROSTpost-mkt$79B±7.2%±4.8%
max 10%
upcoming1.5× RICH
FUTUpost-mkt$15B±6.7%±5.7%
max 10%
upcoming1.2× RICH
AEGpre-mkt$14B±6.1%±5.0%
max 10%
-2.9%1.2× RICH
ATATpre-mkt$5B±8.7%±6.6%
max 13%
-7.4%1.3× RICH
OSISpre-mkt$4B±8.7%±8.6%
max 14%
-1.3%FAIRLY PRICED
AAPpre-mkt$3B±14.3%±17.2%
max 57%
-24.5%CAN RUN MORE
HUBGpost-mkt$2B±10.0%±5.6%
max 18%
upcoming1.8× RICH
FLOpre-mkt$2B±6.0%±3.8%
max 9%
-4.8%1.6× RICH
SCSCpre-mkt$1B±6.4%±9.0%
max 18%
+9.7%CAN RUN MORE
DQpre-mkt$991M±8.0%±6.6%
max 14%
+6.6%1.2× RICH
ATHMpost-mkt$656M±5.5%±3.0%
max 8%
upcoming1.8× RICH
ADURpost-mkt$547M±11.8%±5.6%
max 10%
upcoming2.1× RICH
TWINpre-mkt$354M±16.7%±9.2%
max 30%
+3.3%1.8× RICH
YSGpre-mkt$318M±32.4%±9.2%
max 20%
+0.7%OUTSIZED PREMIUM
NApre-mkt$126M±65.5%±10.3%
max 26%
+0.0%OUTSIZED PREMIUM
NVXpost-mkt$92M±506.1%±5.6%
max 11%
upcomingOUTSIZED PREMIUM
CATOpre-mkt$62M±30.1%±15.1%
max 34%
-18.9%2.0× RICH
FLUXpost-mkt$13M±281.5%±17.5%
max 52%
upcomingOUTSIZED PREMIUM
CLGNpre-mkt$4M±1069.2%±18.3%
max 76%
-1.2%OUTSIZED PREMIUM
Fri Aug 21
BEKEpre-mkt$19B±11.3%±4.8%
max 7%
upcoming2.4× RICH
BJpre-mkt$12B±6.4%±6.1%
max 12%
upcomingFAIRLY PRICED
BKEpre-mkt$2B±5.2%±3.6%
max 5%
upcoming1.4× RICH
SHMD$358M±13.8%upcomingLIMITED HISTORY

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. “What happened” = the realized move this week. “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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