The Options Desk
The Options Desk · Week of Aug 24, 2026

What Options Priced Into the Week of Aug 24, 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 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 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.

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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Educational, not investment advice. Options involve risk. Implied moves reflect live at-the-money straddle prices; historical moves are averages of past reported quarters and are not a forecast.