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What Options Are Pricing Into This Week’s Earnings

Every US company reporting this week (Mon–Fri), the move the options market prices into each report, and how much the stock has actually moved on its past prints — updated through the week as names report.

Week of Aug 31, 2026· 25 names· anchored to Friday’s close (Aug 28, 2026)

The Index Read · What Options Price for the Week

This week’s US macro: JOLTs Job Openings, Economic Optimism Index, JOLTs Job Quits, ISM Manufacturing New Orders, ISM Manufacturing Employment. 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 ±1.1%
spot $769.35
$760.89–$777.81 · put 760 · hedge 766 · call 780
QQQ Nasdaq-100
implied ±1.6%
spot $716.43
$704.97–$727.89 · put 700 · hedge 712 · call 730
IWM Russell 2000
implied ±1.6%
spot $295.75
$291.02–$300.48 · put 295 · hedge 299 · 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. More on call, put and hedge walls.

Walls move every trading day; these are Friday’s close (Aug 28). OptionPilot recomputes them each morning before the open.

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

25 US companies report the week of Aug 31. The widest implied move is UPXI at ±19.0%; the biggest name reporting is AVGO at ±8.0%. Against their own earnings history, 13 are priced rich and 8 have room to run.

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
Tue Sep 1
PANWpost-mkt$303B±9.4%±5.0%
max 7%
1.9× RICH
DELLpost-mkt$303B±11.2%±8.9%
max 22%
1.3× RICH
MDTpre-mkt$117B±5.0%±4.1%
max 7%
1.2× RICH
CRDOpost-mkt$43B±12.7%±17.7%
max 48%
CAN RUN MORE
MDBpost-mkt$36B±16.2%±22.5%
max 38%
CAN RUN MORE
NIOpre-mkt$11B±9.5%±7.1%
max 15%
1.3× RICH
GTLBpost-mkt$8B±14.8%±10.3%
max 22%
1.4× RICH
RZLVpre-mkt$1B±13.5%±19.6%
max 32%
CAN RUN MORE
Wed Sep 2
AVGOpost-mkt$1.8T±8.0%±10.6%
max 24%
CAN RUN MORE
SNOWpost-mkt$114B±12.4%±14.6%
max 33%
CAN RUN MORE
HPEpost-mkt$69B±11.2%±5.5%
max 12%
2.0× RICH
AIpost-mkt$2B±13.9%±10.3%
max 21%
1.3× RICH
FCELpost-mkt$1B±15.6%±13.5%
max 24%
1.2× RICH
CRMLpre-mkt$1B±11.6%±11.7%
max 45%
FAIRLY PRICED
RRpre-mkt$336M±14.5%±12.5%
max 25%
1.2× RICH
UPXIpost-mkt$79M±19.0%±9.0%
max 16%
2.1× RICH
Thu Sep 3
CIENpre-mkt$54B±12.3%±11.8%
max 23%
FAIRLY PRICED
ZSpost-mkt$30B±13.1%±9.0%
max 19%
1.5× RICH
IOTpost-mkt$24B±11.7%±12.4%
max 20%
FAIRLY PRICED
LULUpost-mkt$14B±10.2%±13.0%
max 20%
CAN RUN MORE
DOCUpost-mkt$12B±10.3%±13.0%
max 28%
CAN RUN MORE
PATHpost-mkt$10B±13.7%±9.4%
max 24%
1.5× RICH
CPBpre-mkt$7B±5.6%±4.4%
max 7%
1.3× RICH
PLpost-mkt$7B±18.3%±29.2%
max 49%
CAN RUN MORE
AMBApost-mkt$3B±13.8%±14.2%
max 19%
FAIRLY PRICED

Implied move = 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 and can shift intraday; historical moves are averages of past reported quarters and are not a forecast.