Forward IV Dashboard
Implied volatility is not spread evenly across the calendar. Forward IV strips out the quiet days and asks what the market is charging for one stretch between two expiries — so a name can sit at a calm 23% for 30 days while pricing a violent two days around an earnings date. These are the names where that gap is widest right now, and the exact expiry each one points at.
Priced from the settled chain on 2026-09-17 · changes measured against 2026-09-16 · 685 names priced, 254 carrying a notable window, 184 of those on a window out past the nearest expiry and narrow enough to read.
Biggest moves since the prior session
Ranked on the change in the multiple, not the level: a biotech that always trades at 90% vol is not moving, while a 23%-vol industrial printing 3.3x into a two-day window is the signal. Rows marked “nearest expiry” sit on the front of the curve, where short-dated vol always runs hot — a jump there is worth seeing, but it is not the market picking a date.
| Ticker | Vol is priced into | Window | Hump | vs prior session | Fwd IV | 30d ATM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMCimplied move | Sep 18 · nearest expiry | 1d | 3.64x | +2.11x | 272.9% | 76.3% |
| BSXimplied movewide quote | the week to Oct 30 | 7d | 2.44x | +0.96x | 95.4% | 38.7% |
| MOimplied movewide quote | the week to Oct 30 | 7d | 2.10x | +0.73x | 44.8% | 21.2% |
| CMCSAimplied move | the week to Oct 23 | 7d | 2.04x | +0.59x | 60.8% | 31.6% |
| SBUXimplied movewide quote | the week to Oct 30 | 7d | 1.78x | +0.48x | 51.0% | 27.6% |
| TMCimplied movewide quote | Sep 18 · nearest expirymoved from Nov 20 | 1d | 1.95x | +0.47x | 178.8% | 80.2% |
| PGRimplied movewide quote | Sep 18 · nearest expirymoved from Jan 15 | 1d | 1.96x | +0.45x | 49.5% | 27.4% |
| NCLHimplied move | the week to Oct 30 | 7d | 1.86x | +0.44x | 85.1% | 48.3% |
| CVNAimplied movewide quote | the week to Oct 30 | 7d | 1.72x | +0.42x | 100.2% | 57.0% |
| AMKRimplied movewide quote | the week to Oct 30 | 7d | 1.83x | +0.39x | 119.7% | 62.1% |
| BBimplied move | the week to Sep 25 | 7d | 1.83x | +0.34x | 113.2% | 74.6% |
| NIOimplied move | the week to Oct 16 | 7d | 2.10x | +0.30x | 97.5% | 60.3% |
| LMNDimplied movewide quote | the week to Oct 30 | 7d | 1.69x | +0.30x | 97.9% | 54.1% |
| GEimplied move | the week to Oct 23 | 7d | 1.61x | +0.28x | 51.9% | 31.6% |
| LVSimplied movewide quote | the week to Oct 23 | 7d | 1.62x | +0.26x | 59.3% | 33.5% |
| ACHRimplied move | the week to Oct 16 | 7d | 1.59x | +0.26x | 90.7% | 66.2% |
| BACimplied move | the week to Oct 16 | 7d | 1.57x | +0.25x | 36.5% | 26.2% |
| Mimplied movewide quote | Oct 9 · nearest expiry | 22d | 1.63x | +0.25x | 43.3% | 38.7% |
| EWZimplied move | the week to Oct 30 | 7d | 2.47x | +0.24x | 87.3% | 42.2% |
| URIimplied move | the week to Oct 23 | 7d | 2.07x | +0.24x | 72.7% | 33.9% |
| RBLXimplied move | the week to Oct 30 | 7d | 1.57x | +0.24x | 90.9% | 59.9% |
| REGNimplied move | the week to Oct 30 | 7d | 1.69x | +0.23x | 49.8% | 28.9% |
| WGSimplied movewide quote | the week to Oct 30 | 7d | 1.67x | +0.23x | 105.0% | 65.0% |
| TXNimplied move | the week to Oct 23 | 7d | 1.77x | +0.22x | 66.5% | 36.8% |
| NUimplied move | the week to Oct 30 | 7d | 1.78x | +0.22x | 70.6% | 43.9% |
The weeks the market is charging for
Windows that open at a later expiry, so the vol belongs to that stretch rather than to the front of the curve. A seven-day window in late October is an earnings week; the market is paying up for those days and not the ones on either side. Tight quotes first.
| Ticker | Vol is priced into | Window | Hump | Fwd IV | 30d ATM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EWZimplied move | the week to Oct 30 | 7d | 2.47x | 87.3% | 42.2% |
| FDXimplied move | the week to Oct 30 | 7d | 2.35x | 68.1% | 27.5% |
| IBMimplied move | the week to Oct 23 | 7d | 2.33x | 78.2% | 35.7% |
| NFLXimplied move | the week to Oct 23 | 7d | 2.18x | 72.6% | 34.3% |
| UPSimplied move | the week to Oct 30 | 7d | 2.15x | 58.4% | 24.1% |
| NIOimplied move | the week to Oct 16 | 7d | 2.10x | 97.5% | 60.3% |
| TWLOimplied move | the week to Oct 30 | 7d | 2.08x | 103.7% | 48.2% |
| URIimplied move | the week to Oct 23 | 7d | 2.07x | 72.7% | 33.9% |
| MSFTimplied move | the week to Oct 30 | 7d | 2.07x | 53.3% | 24.2% |
| CMGimplied move | the week to Oct 30 | 7d | 2.06x | 76.0% | 37.7% |
| CMCSAimplied move | the week to Oct 23 | 7d | 2.04x | 60.8% | 31.6% |
| NKEimplied move | the week to Oct 2 | 7d | 2.00x | 74.3% | 48.1% |
| AMZNimplied move | the week to Oct 30 | 7d | 1.96x | 62.9% | 29.2% |
| LLYimplied move | the week to Oct 30 | 7d | 1.92x | 60.7% | 31.8% |
| NCLHimplied move | the week to Oct 30 | 7d | 1.86x | 85.1% | 48.3% |
| HUMimplied move | the week to Oct 9 | 7d | 1.85x | 89.4% | 66.4% |
| BBimplied move | the week to Sep 25 | 7d | 1.83x | 113.2% | 74.6% |
| NUimplied move | the week to Oct 30 | 7d | 1.78x | 70.6% | 43.9% |
| TXNimplied move | the week to Oct 23 | 7d | 1.77x | 66.5% | 36.8% |
| METUimplied move | the week to Oct 30 | 7d | 1.77x | 136.7% | 73.5% |
| METAimplied move | the week to Oct 30 | 7d | 1.76x | 69.5% | 37.4% |
| RDDTimplied move | the week to Oct 30 | 7d | 1.76x | 102.0% | 55.7% |
| MRKimplied move | the week to Oct 30 | 7d | 1.74x | 47.9% | 26.9% |
| GOOGimplied move | the week to Oct 30 | 7d | 1.74x | 52.0% | 28.6% |
| JBLimplied move | the week to Oct 2 | 7d | 1.73x | 82.6% | 55.7% |
Narrow enough to name one session
The rare case: a window five days or fewer, sitting out in the calendar rather than at the front. Here the vol has nowhere else to go, so the date itself is the claim. There are usually only a handful.
| Ticker | Vol is priced into | Window | Hump | Fwd IV | 30d ATM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLDimplied move | Oct 1 | 1d | 21.38x | 519.5% | 22.7% |
| MUimplied move | Oct 2 | 4d | 1.90x | 101.6% | 59.3% |
| TQQQimplied move | Oct 2 | 2d | 1.71x | 85.5% | 50.1% |
| TLTimplied move | Oct 2 | 2d | 1.57x | 17.9% | 10.7% |
| DRAM | Oct 2 | 2d | 1.56x | 92.6% | 58.8% |
| XSPimplied move | Nov 4moved from Oct 14 | 1d | 1.47x | 20.3% | 12.2% |
| SPXW | Nov 4 | 1d | 1.45x | 19.7% | 12.2% |
| SOXLimplied move | Oct 2 | 2d | 1.37x | 148.2% | 106.0% |
| TSLAimplied move | Oct 2 | 2d | 1.33x | 59.0% | 41.4% |
| SPYimplied move | Oct 1 | 1d | 1.31x | 17.4% | 12.4% |
| NDXP | Oct 23moved from Oct 22 | 1d | 1.30x | 25.5% | 16.8% |
New today
These carried no notable forward window in the previous session — the market started charging for those days since then.
| Ticker | Vol is priced into | Window | Hump | Fwd IV | 30d ATM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLDimplied move | Oct 1 | 1d | 21.38x | 519.5% | 22.7% |
| TQQQimplied move | Oct 2 | 2d | 1.71x | 85.5% | 50.1% |
| BNOimplied move | the week to Oct 16 | 7d | 1.67x | 77.2% | 55.5% |
| SNPSimplied move | the week to Oct 23 | 7d | 1.51x | 57.7% | 42.1% |
| IAUimplied move | the week to Oct 30 | 7d | 1.49x | 33.0% | 21.9% |
| BAimplied move | the week to Oct 30 | 7d | 1.49x | 48.3% | 31.1% |
| APLDimplied move | the week to Oct 9 | 7d | 1.46x | 114.1% | 88.7% |
| WDCimplied move | the week to Oct 30 | 7d | 1.43x | 94.0% | 62.3% |
| KLACimplied move | the week to Oct 30 | 7d | 1.42x | 79.6% | 52.5% |
| SCHWimplied move | the week to Oct 16 | 7d | 1.40x | 39.2% | 28.5% |
| SOXLimplied move | Oct 2 | 2d | 1.37x | 148.2% | 106.0% |
| HALimplied move | the week to Oct 23 | 7d | 1.36x | 52.1% | 36.4% |
| KEEL | the week to Oct 16 | 7d | 1.35x | 126.5% | 102.0% |
| EWYimplied move | the week to Oct 16 | 7d | 1.34x | 57.1% | 45.5% |
| ARimplied move | the week to Oct 30 | 7d | 1.33x | 48.8% | 36.0% |
How to read this
Hump is the forward IV across one window divided by that name’s own median window. It is a term-structure statistic, not a claim that a specific catalyst lands on that day — read the date as a date only where the window is narrow enough to name one.
“The week to Oct 30” is a window too wide to name a day. The vol is real and concentrated in that stretch, but any session inside it could be the cause, so the page declines to pick one. A single date appears only where the window is five days or fewer.
The nearest expiry is excluded from everything ranked on level. That first window has no earlier expiry to subtract from, so its forward IV is just the front contract’s at-the-money vol — and short-dated vol structurally sits above a name’s median window. On the 2026-09-17 session, 115 of the 121 windows narrow enough to name a date named the very next Friday. Publishing those as chosen dates would dress a calendar artefact as an event.
Wide quote marks a name whose at-the-money quote is wide enough that the vol is partly an artefact of the spread. Readable, but rank it below the rest.
Each ticker links to its own page, with implied move beside it for the full term structure, alongside the option chain and IV rank. Mechanics are in the implied vs historical volatility guide.
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Educational, not investment advice. Forward IV is computed from settled end-of-day option quotes; it describes what the market charged at that close, not live intraday pricing.